Home Health

NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Luna, a provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, has unveiled Luna Labs, a dedicated Artificial Intelligence (AI) division to enhance patient care. The founding five-person engineering group will be organized under co-founder, Chief Technology Officer and former Uber engineer Ryan Gaffney.

BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—IntellaTriage, a provider of after-hours nurse triage for hospice and home health providers, announced its placement on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company List for 2023. The ranking provides a look at entrepreneurial businesses. Achieving a position among the top five percent of expanding private firms in the country, IntellaTriage earned the 234th spot, positioning them as the sixth-ranked company in Tennessee.

WASHINGTON—The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced awards of more than $100 million to train more nurses and grow the nursing workforce. These investments will address the increasing demand for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives and nurse faculty.

MIAMI—Nue Life Health, a provider of at-home health care solutions, announced a partnership with Enthea, the leading benefit plan administrator specializing in psychedelic health care services. This collaboration establishes Nue Life Health as the first at-home ketamine provider on Enthea's network, marking a significant milestone in accessible psychedelic therapy.

DALLAS—Havencrest Capital Management ("Havencrest"), a Dallas-based health care private equity firm, announced the formation of its non-medical homecare platform, Avid Health at Home ("Avid" or the "company") in connection with its first acquisition of Chicago-based For Papa's Sake Home Care ("FPS").

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia and WASHINTON—The Boards of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) agreed to a joint process to explore the formation of a new organization to combine the strengths of both NAHC and NHPCO and better serve members with a unified voice on behalf of the entire community of hospice, homecare, palliative care, serious illness and other care at home providers.

After a hospitalization, home health care enables patients to recover where they feel most comfortable: in their own home. Nurses visit patients there to provide care with the goal of keeping them at home, given that hospital readmissions cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $41 billion each year.

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates announced a new partnership with Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. With the addition of Fisher & Paykel Healthcare to the VGM & Associates portfolio of vendor partners, VGM members now have access to F&P’s myAirvo line of products, in addition to F&P’s CPAP masks.

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released updated guidance that will extend COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) flexibilities approved in the states' section 1915(c) home- and community-based services (HCBS) waiver Appendix K amendments.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a health and community care technology company, announced the launch of WellSky TeamInsights for Personal Care—a workforce analytics platform providing real-time insights into caregiver productivity and performance—helping personal care agencies to optimize personnel resources, improve engagement and increase caregiver retention.

CINCINNATI, Ohio—FirstLight Home Care, a leading provider of home care services, announced the promotion of Kerri Pendley to chief growth officer.

In this role, Pendley will focus on driving business growth by opening up new paths to revenue and building the mechanisms to get there. This includes aligning teams around shared goals, improving the processes that generate revenue and planning for the future.

LIVINGSTON, Tennessee—Encore Healthcare, a provider of respiratory management solutions, announced its proprietary software, Nexus, reached a milestone by serving more than 100,000 patients across the U.S.

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Two of CenterWell Home Health’s four regions have been recognized by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) for delivering the best in self-management education and support for people with diabetes.

NASHVILLE, Tennesse—Despite record investments in virtual physical therapy companies a new study shows that physical therapy patients materially prefer hands-on, home-based care.

NEW YORK–ACARE HHC Inc., doing business as Four Seasons Licensed Home Health Care Agency (“Four Seasons”), a Brooklyn-based company that provides its clients with home health aides, violated federal law by removing aides from their work assignments due to their race and national origin to accommodate client preferences, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit filed today.

BATON ROUGE, Lousiana—Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED) reported its financial results for the three and six-month periods which ended June 30, 2023.

Three-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a leading health and community care technology company, released its second annual Evolution of Care Report.