HomeCare News

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—Executive Home Care, a provider of in-home care services and member of the Evive Brands family, announced the second annual "Roses for Resilience" initiative. Building on 2024's successful launch, caregivers across the company's franchise network delivered hundreds of long-stemmed roses to senior clients, symbolizing appreciation, respect and human connection on Aug. 21, which was National Senior Citizens Day.

DURYEA, Pennsylvania—Pride Mobility has announced the launch of its latest mobility scooter, the Go Go Endurance AL+ Scooter.

It's the second scooter in the Pride Mobility Endurance series, and the company said it was designed to build upon the original scooter to enhance certain features. 

New features include:

WASHINGTON—The Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractors (DME MACs) announced they will host a virtual public meeting to solicit stakeholder comments on Aug. 27. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the expansion of coverage and to clarify the coverage criteria for blinatumomab, an immunotherapy drug used to treat B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). 

PORTLAND, Maine—BerryDunn, an accounting, tax and consulting firm, announced the release of the 2025 National Patient and Family Satisfaction Quality Improvement Project report, marking the culmination of a two-year research initiative aimed at improving the care experience in home health and hospice organizations nationwide.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Allegiance Group has announced a strategic partnership with R2 Health, a health care software and services company focused on delivering patient-centric solutions for infusion providers. This partnership follows the integration of Allegiance Group’s COLLECTPlus platform with R2 Health’s system to streamline billing and improve cash recovery for providers.

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced the launch of its new podcast series, "IM: Unfiltered," for members of the VGM community. This new series delivers candid conversations, expert insights and updates that matter most to home medical equipment (HME) providers.

BOSTON—CareAcademy, a provider of caregiver training and compliance technology, has been named a preferred training partner for CareConnect, a mobile-first caregiver management platform. The partnership launched first in New York, where it will serve the largest health care union in the country that has a focus on mission-driven education services.

The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) encouraged members of the HME industry to submit final comments on a proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medi

PASADENA, Maryland—FutureCare, a health care technology company, announced the FutureCare Crestron Home Driver is now available for integration into Crestron Home systems. The company said the device aims to empower seniors to live and age in place safely and comfortably, while providing caregivers and families with real-time insights.

MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio—Compass Health Brands introduced the truAIRE-PASP Portable Aspirator, an ultra-compact, lightweight device designed for ease of travel. 

"Whether in emergency medical services or home health care, the truAIRE-PASP combines powerful suction with unbeatable portability, delivering the safety, reliability and flexibility you need when every second counts," the company said in a released statement.

FRESNO, California—Sunrise Medical announced the launch of a new wheel add-on, the Empulse M90 for manual wheelchairs. With its lightweight build, M90 delivers power assist without the bulk, wires or external components typically seen on similar devices.

ORANGE COUNTY, California—OneWell Health Care, a homecare provider of personalized home and community-based services for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), announced the launch of its independent living services in Orange County under the Orange County Regional Center (OCRC).

BOSTON—Rendever, a provider of virtual reality solutions for aging seniors and hospice care, has launched a dementia and empathy training program for senior living professionals and caregivers. The interactive training program includes a suite of virtual reality (VR)-based paradigms that Rendever said are designed to empower individuals to understand, support and improve their approach to dementia care.

SKOKIE, Illinois—Hospice Tools is pleased to announce that Community Health Accreditation Partner (CHAP), has re-verified Hospice Tools EMR, awarding it CHAP Verified status for the second consecutive time. This designation is granted to tools and resources used by community-based care providers that, through rigorous inspection, show no roadblocks to executing the CHAP Standards of Excellence and aim to improve the delivery of high quality care.

DALLAS—Homecare HomebaseSM, a software provider for home-based care, has opened nominations for the 2025 Home Care Aide Scholarship Program.

In its latest year, this annual program awards $2,000 scholarships to three homecare aides, honoring their dedication to the homecare industry while helping them further their education, grow professionally and continue building their careers in home-based care.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) has released a white paper examining the economic challenges facing home parenteral nutrition (HPN) services. The report, “Ensuring Sustainable Access to Home Parenteral Nutrition (PN): The Cost Crisis and Path Forward,” documents cost trends and reimbursement patterns affecting this therapy.

WASHINGTON—Tom Koutsoumpas, founder and CEO of The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI)—which represents more than 120 nonprofit hospice and palliative care providers serving 20% of the nation’s hospice patients—has authored a guest commentary piece in U.S. News titled, “Everyone Deserves a Dignified Death. But Hospice Care Is Under Threat.” 

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia & WASHINGTON—The Research Institute for Home Care (the Institute) and the National Alliance for Care at Home (the Alliance) announced they have entered into an affiliation agreement. The companies said the agreement is "to strengthen and expand research efforts while further unifying the care at home movement." The agreement is effective immediately.

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched an oversight initiative to ensure that enrollees in Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are United States citizens, U.S. nationals or have a satisfactory immigration status. 

COLUMBUS, Ohio—In indictments filed this week by the office of Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, 10 Medicaid providers are accused of stealing a combined $1.9 million from Medicaid.

Nine home health aides and one provider of home-delivered meals face varying felony charges of Medicaid fraud and theft for allegedly billing Medicaid for services they did not provide. Two of the defendants alone account for more than $1.7 million of the alleged fraud.