Home Health

BOSTON—HouseWorks Holdings, LLC (the company), a personal care services platform serving the northeast, announces that it has acquired the Connecticut Personal Care Division (brands Companions and Homemakers, LLC. and Companions Forever, LLC.) of AccordCare, a national provider of homecare and certified home health. With this acquisition, HouseWorks enters Connecticut, expanding the company’s geographic footprint while offering compelling opportunities for future growth.

ORLANDO, Florida—A new joint venture between InnovAge and Orlando Health will be officially announced at the grand opening of InnovAge Florida PACE-Orlando, on Wednesday, May 29. InnovAge, the industry leader in serving high-cost, complex care seniors, introduces PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) to the Orlando market, bringing its 30 years of experience operating PACE programs, helping seniors with medical, financial, social, and emotional care and support.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas & NEW YORK—WellSky, a health and community care technology company, announced the release of WellSky TeamEngage powered by Ava, a new innovation for home-based care providers aimed at increasing employee retention, reliability and recruitment through gamification.

BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—IntellaTriage, a provider of nurse-first hospice and home health triage solutions, and CommonSpirit Health at Home (CSHaH), one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health care systems, went live with a secure integration between Homecare Homebase and IntellaTriage’s triage platform, IntellaHub. Partners since 2022, the companies recognized that a deeper integration of their systems could greatly enhance their shared mission of improving patient and caregiver experiences.

BURLINGTON, Ontario—VGM Canada has announced the continuation of the Canadian HME Woman of the Year Award. Nominations are open now through June 28.

NEW YORK—A U.S. District Attorney in New York state announced the settlement of a civil fraud lawsuit against Riverspring Living Holding Corp. and Elderserve Health, Inc., two not-for-profit corporations that run a managed long-term care plan (MLTCP) for Medicaid beneficiaries.

ANN ARBOR, Michigan—For homecare agencies that staff facilities, or for nursing homes and assisted living communities that need caregivers to clock in and out for specific shifts, Rosemark recently added functionality to its homecare software system to help meet those needs.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee—A group of experts in home and health care services in the South announced the launch of Avenues Home Care, dedicated to providing quality, reliable and trustworthy care to adults, seniors and veterans in need.

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Care Services, a national homecare provider, clinched the Silver Stevie Award from the American Business Awards (ABA) for its consumer website launched last December. Based on a 3-month evaluation from more than 300 professionals worldwide, the Stevie Award is a recognition from the ABA, affirming the franchise’s revamped online presence.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tim Scott and Tom Carper have proposed legislation that would extend a pandemic-era waiver for hospital at home programs for five years. 

COLLINGDALE, Pennsylvania—The Department of Labor (DOL) has obtained a consent judgment in federal court that orders a Delaware County homecare agency to pay more than $1 million in back wages, liquidated damages and penalties after the department found the employer shortchanged 159 workers of their earned wages. 

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania—BAYADA Home Health Care, a global provider of home health care, is making a formal commitment to 10 corporate responsibility priorities in an inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report published this month.

FRISCO, Texas—Addus HomeCare Corporation, a provider of homecare services, announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.

NEW YORK—AREX Capital Management, LP (“AREX Capital Management” or “we”), together with its affiliates, the owners of approximately 4.8% of the shares of Enhabit, Inc. (Enhabit), issued the below statement expressing its disappointment in the conclusion of Enhabit’s strategic review.

NEW YORK—Ideal Home Health, a licensed homecare services agency (LHCSA) providing in-home care across all of New York has partnered with DailyPay, a worktech company and provider of earned wage access.

DALLAS—Enhabit, Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced Enhabit’s Board of Directors (the Board) has concluded the company’s strategic review process, announced in August 2023, which was overseen by the Board with assistance from its financial and legal advisors, Goldman Sachs and Sidley Austin, respectively.

CALIFORNIA—SG Homecare, Inc., a provider of in-home medical equipment (HME) and supplies, announced the acquisition of Western Drug Medical Supply. This move unites two industry leaders, creating a platform to dramatically scale a leading force in Southern California's homecare market.

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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico—Electronic Caregiver, a provider of digital health technology and service solutions, and Cognitive Systems Corp., creators of Wi-Fi Sensing technology, announced a partnership to distribute CareAware, a WiFi Motion-based sensing solution, to enhance the aging-in-place experiences for older adults and caregivers.