Home Health

FRISCO, Texas—Addus HomeCare Corporation (Nasdaq: ADUS), a provider of homecare services, announced a definitive agreement to acquire the entities comprising Tennessee Quality Care, a provider of home health, hospice and private duty nursing services. Tennessee Quality Care serves an average daily census of approximately 1,800 patients through 17 locations covering a service area of more than 50 counties in Tennessee.

DUNEDIN, Florida—One Health Direct (OHD) provides chronic patients of their partner durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers with a complete system to get qualified for and receive their desired treatment options and ongoing supplies, without the need to leave their homes. OHD said avoiding the exposure risks associated with going into clinics and facilities is a major benefit for patients suffering from illnesses that weaken the immune system, such as diabetes.

Optum, UnitedHealth Group's health care provider, beat Option to the punch in acquiring Amedisys, one of the largest home health companies, in an all-cash transaction valued around $3.3 billion.

FREMONT, California—Simple HealthKit announced it has teamed up with Walmart to make Simple HealthKit’s at-home HbA1c (diabetes), respiratory wellness and sexual wellness tests available at Walmart.com*.

OAKLAND, California—California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, against Care Specialist HCS Inc., formerly doing business as TLC Home Care Services, and its prior operators, accusing the company and its operators of misclassifying in-home care workers as independent contractors instead of employees in direct

CHICAGO—In partnership with ZeniMedical, Sunset is introducing a simple, effective and affordable wound care product line to aid in the delivery of optimal patient care while reducing costs.

ZeniMedical offers a wide range of foam, composite, hydrocolloid, alginate and collagen dressings in multiple sizes with or without borders.

EAGLE, Idaho—The Pennant Group, Inc., the parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice, homecare and senior living companies, announced it has acquired Bluebird Home Health, Bluebird Hospice and Bluebird Home Care (“Bluebird”), which provides skilled home health, private duty and hospice services across Southwestern Idaho.

DALLAS—Through a new partnership between Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, and Agenda Health, a health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm, Axxess clients can obtain M&A consultations to achieve their strategic business goals. Agenda Health uses a targeted matching approach that aligns with buying, selling or growing revenue.

DENVER and ATLANTA—Emory Healthcare and DispatchHealth are collaborating to offer patients a new option to receive convenient and safe follow-up and/or high-acuity medical care in the comfort of their own homes.

WASHINGTON—U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Tim Scott (R-SC) joined by U.S. Reps.

RALEIGH, North Carolina—North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced Aljihad Shabazz of Kernersville, North Carolina pleaded guilty for his role in a health care fraud scheme that defrauded the North Carolina Medicaid program of more than $4.7 million.

DUBLIN, Ohio—Cardinal Health announced its plans to build a new distribution center in the Greenville, South Carolina, area, to support its at-Home Solutions business, a home health care medical supplies provider serving people with chronic and serious health conditions in the United States.
 

NEW YORK—The home-based health care experience may be broken for both patients and caregivers, according to a newly releases survey from Tomorrow Health.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—In honor of National Nursing Assistants Week, taking place from June 14-20, Executive Home Care is celebrating the dedication and significant contributions of its nursing assistants who provide essential care to the community.

ROCKLIN, California—Luna, a provider of in-home, in-person physical therapy, and MedStar Health, a health care system, announced a partnership to improve access to in-person outpatient physical therapy across Washington, D.C., Baltimore and N

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia–The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $604,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for 50 employees of a Virginia Beach home health care agency that illegally asked workers to waive their right to receive overtime pay.
 

SEATTLE—Know Labs, an emerging developer of non-invasive medical diagnostic technology, revealed the next stage in the development of its proprie

DALLAS—Scott Powers, chief executive officer of Elara Caring, the full-scale, multi-state home health provider of clinical and personalized services across the patient continuum, will be speaking at the Home Care Innovation and Investment (HI2) Conference, joining other home care executives to discuss the state of the industry.

DALLAS—Homecare Homebase (HCHB) announced its home-based care software solution is the first to achieve dual verification status from Community Health Accreditation Partner, (CHAP). A non-profit accrediting body for home and community-based health care organizations, CHAP is approved by CMS and is a recognized leader in accreditation for both home health and hospice.

DALLAS, June 12, 2023 – Axxess clients will soon be able to streamline their quality and regulatory compliance workflows through a new partnership with QAPIplus. Axxess said the partnership will ease the burden on clinical and operational teams, enabling higher performance and better outcomes for patients and families.