home health

SHOREVIEW, Minn. and TORONTO (December 17, 2018)—Maxwell Healthcare Associates (MHA), a post-acute operational, financial, technological and regulatory consulting firm, announced Swift Skin and Wound as its exclusive digital wound care management solution of choice for MHA home health clients. 

DETROIT (December 5, 2018)—ComForCare Health Care Holdings, LLC, a provider of homecare, is rolling out private duty nursing across the franchise system. The announcement was made at the company’s annual franchise conference, held recently in Dallas.

CARY, N.C. (December 6, 2018)—Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) has announced a new partnership with Imark Billing that allows Imark Billing customers to receive special pricing on ACHC’s home health, hospice and private duty accreditation services, as well as discounts on Accreditation University (AU) educational resources that help prepare association members for ACHC accreditation.

BURLINGAME, Calif. (December 5, 2018)—CareLinx, an online home caregiver network, announced the national launch of Medicare At Home. The product enables Medicare Advantage plans to safely and efficiently enhance their supplemental benefits with non-skilled homecare.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (November 29, 2018)—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), representing providers and suppliers of home and specialty infusion therapy, announced that its board of directors has appointed Connie Sullivan, BSPharm, president and chief executive officer, effective December 1, 2018. Sullivan will be the first pharmacist to hold the position of CEO since NHIA’s inception in 1991.

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (November 26, 2018)—Nancy Geiger (East Patchogue), director of the Gurwin Home Care Agency, recently accepted the Norma Recco Advocate of the Year Award from the Long Island Chapter of the New York State Association of Health Care Providers (NYSAHCP) for her outstanding contributions in public advocacy to advance home and community-based care.

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (November 21, 2018)—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system in the United States, announced that it has opened its newest franchise in Wallingford, Connecticut.

SAN FRANCISCO (November 14, 2018)—Honor, a provider of homecare services company and founder of the Honor Care Network, announced the opening of the company’s second operations center to be located in Austin, Texas. The new 30,000 square foot operations center in North Austin will complement Honor’s current operations center in Concord, California, where the company manages its care operations.

KENILWORTH, N.J. (November 5, 2018)—Supportive information addressing the challenges faced by family caregivers of older adults will be highlighted on merckmanuals.com, an online medical reference, for National Family Caregivers Month in November.

(November 1, 2018)—Brightree-connected providers now have two additional functionalities at their service. Parachute Health and PlayMaker Health each announced integrations.