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CHICAGO—Oak Street Health, a network of value-based primary care centers for adults on Medicare, announced plans to open centers in Little Rock, Arkansas; Des Moines and Davenport, Iowa; Kansas City, Kansas and Richmond, Virginia, beginning this summer. The expansion into these four new states will mark the 25th state in which Oak Street Health serves older adults.
PHILADELPHIA—A federal court has ordered a Philadelphia homecare agency and its owner to pay more than $7 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 1,230 current and former employees after two years of litigation affirmed the U.S. Department of Labor’s finding that the employers willfully failed to pay overtime wages, in most cases by not including employees’ time for work-related travel when calculating wages.
TROY, Michigan—ComForCare, a franchised provider of in-home caregiving services, forged an exclusive partnership with
For Aida Beltré, working remotely during the pandemic came as a relief.
She was taking care of her father, now 86, who has been in and out of hospitals and rehabs after a worsening series of strokes in recent years.
HOUSTON—A 47-year-old home health company owner has been ordered to prison following his conviction of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.
Akintunde Oyewale, Richmond, pleaded guilty Feb. 1, 2022.
FORT WORTH, Texas—Jet Health, Inc., a leading regional provider of home health, hospice and personal care services, announced the appointment of
ROSEVILLE, California— Always Best Care Senior Services, one of the leading senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced the launch of a 24/7 artificial intelligence (AI) virtual care agent by Sensi.Ai to be available to its franchisees nationwide.
MONTREAL, CanadaAlayaCare, technology creator of the AlayaCare Cloud home- and community-based care operations platform, announced its latest AlayaCare University (ACU) training platforms designed to provide three tiers of on-demand training. AlayaCare is committed to ensuring all its customers from small-medium-sized organizations to public and enterprise & franchise care organizations have access to a broad choice of training and ongoing education options.
HouseWorks, a private in-home care agency, has seen an increase in demand for respite care services to give family caregivers a break from their demanding roles caring for seniors in their families.
WAYNE, Pennsylvania—HandsFree Health, provider of WellBe—a secure, HIPAA-compliant, voice-enabled virtual health assistant platform—announced, the addition of a Personal Emergency Response Speaker to its product offering. HandsFree Health provides HIPAA-compliant medical alert devices via smartwatch, pendant—and now—speaker. Each device is independent and available for individual purchase.
New York—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for providers, managed care organizations (MCOs) and state Medicaid agencies, announced its Board of Directors has appointed Paul Joiner as Chief Executive Officer. Joiner joins the company as it enters its next phase of growth, and will lead the charge in enhancing HHAeXchange’s products and solutions to meet the ever-evolving needs of today’s homecare providers and payers.
Waterloo, Iowa—U.S. Rehab announced it has been named an official RESNA CEU provider for continuing education needs. This recognition allows U.S. Rehab to offer continuing education courses to members who require ongoing training to meet the demands of the industry.
SAN FRANCISCO—Included Health, a new kind of health care company delivering integrated care and navigation for people nationwide, announced it will introduce a unique, virtual
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan—Boost Home Healthcare, a home health company that provides in-home nursing, therapy and homecare services, announced Larry Blacker as brand president. Bringing more than 20 years of homecare industry experience to the position, Blacker will oversee Boost Home Healthcare operations and procedures as the home health brand continues to expand across the country.
MIAMI—Independent Living Systems (ILS), a provider of health care and social services to complex populations in the Medicare, Medicaid and Dual-Eligible markets, announced it has been licensed as a home medical provider, meaning it can provide critical durable medical equipment for the home to partnering health care organizations and the general public.
A new platform developed by the Home Centered Care Institute (HCCI) merges and analyzes data to help health care organizations answer key questions about the rapidly expanding market of home-based medical care.
WATERLOO, Iowa—Essentially Women, a division of VGM & Associates, announced a partnership with Nymbl Systems, an all-in-one, cloud-based, billing and business management solution. Nymbl Systems said it prides itself on providing the best customer experience on an easy and desirable interface that is 100% cloud-based.
Telehealth Access for America (TAFA), an American Hospital Association-created campaign to protect patient access to critical telehealth services, urged Congress to make permanent certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities granted during the COVID-19 public health emergency and extended through 2024 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act.
In a Fact Sheet released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the department provided clarity regarding the future of federal flexibilities related to telehealth and tell prescribing to ensure patients may continue to access and receive the care they need.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Health and well-being company Humana Inc. announced it has reached an agreement with two national organizations to provide durable medical equipment (DME) services to help Humana Medicare Advantage HMO members achieve their best health at home.
BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising Inc., the franchisor of HomeWell Care Services, a non-medical in-home care provider and one of the fastest-growing homecare franchises in the nation, recently made strides toward supporting its rapidly expanding franchise network. This April, HomeWell launched Learning Lab, a new learning management system, for use across its franchise system.
MONTRÉAL—AlayaCare, a software as a service (SaaS) end-to-end home and community-based care platform developer, announced it is partnering with Carefor Health & Community Services, Eastern Ontario’s largest home and community care agency, to integrate AlayaCare Cloud. AlayaCare and Carefor are collaborating to integrate the AlayaCare Cloud platform to serve as the primary source of information and automation for Carefor back-office staff and frontline providers.
