Home Health

DALLAS—Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, has become the first care at home technology company providing comprehensive solutions that address the entire continuum of care to earn HITRUST certification. HITRUST independently reviews and verifies secure data management by health care organizations. Through a year-long process, HITRUST has verified that Axxess is meeting necessary data privacy and security requirements.

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WASHINGTON—The methodology chosen to determine future home health payment rates "will eventually destroy the value of the home health services benefit," the National Association for Homecare and Hospice (NAHC) said in a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). 

WASHINGTON—A California man pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining $345,108 in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans from a financial institution and the Small Business Administration (SBA).

MIAMI—A South Florida jury found Aisladys Diaz, 45, and her daughter Ailensy Buron Diaz, 29, both of Miami, Florida, guilty of conspiracy to commit access device fraud, use of an unauthorized access device, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a health and community care technology company, has acquired Experience Care, a technology company offering a suite of software solutions for post-acute and long-term care providers. With the addition of Experience Care, WellSky said it expands its commitment and investment in the long-term care market.
 

DALLAS—Nymbl Systems recently signed on for Medtrade, scheduled for March 26-28, 2024 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.  

According to Chad Feinberg, chief revenue officer, the first-time exhibitors out of Dublin, Ohio offer a full suite of business management software that takes care of patient intake, scheduling, billing, reporting, purchasing and inventory management.

DALLAS—Enhabit, Inc. (NYSE: EHAB), a home health and hospice care provider, announced it has satisfied the conditions in its Tax Matters Agreement (“TMA”), dated June 30, 2022, with Encompass Health Corporation to conduct a review of strategic alternatives and has formally initiated such process. As part of this process, the board of directors will consider a wide range of options for the company including, among other things, a potential sale, merger or other strategic transaction.

As cost pressures continue to impact the home medical equipment (HME) community, AAHomecare is launching a nationwide survey to gather intel on the rising costs of products, shipping and labor for those providing home oxygen equipment, CPAP devices and/or hospital beds to end users; aggregated information will be used in advocacy efforts. 

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota—A study from the University of Minnesota (UMN) School of Public Health (SPH) quantified the degree to which home health care patients' race, ethnicity and income level are linked to disparities in their functional improvement. According to the study, this can include clinically significant improvement in activities of daily living and a reduction in dependency on continued medical treatment. 

NEW JERSEY—The Division of Certificate of Need and Licensing within the Health Systems Branch of the New Jersey Department of Health (Department), with the approval of the Health Care Administration Board, proposed to readopt N.J.A.C. 8:42 Licensing Standards for Home Health Agencies, with amendments, repeals, and new rules. The proposal was posted to the State of New Jersey Department of Health website on Aug.

ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system in the United States, has caregiving teams across the country that are focused on keeping seniors safe at home.

In a strategic move to strengthen awareness of the critical importance of high-quality, home-based care, AAHomecare announced a new area of focus that will be guided by accomplished industry professional Ashley Plauché, who assumes the role of senior Director of Brand Marketing.  

WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has released the third playbook of 2023, “VGM Playbook: Business Solutions to Optimize Success in DMEPOS.”

NEW YORK—DocGo Inc. (Nasdaq:DCGO), a provider of last-mile mobile health services, announced the launch of its partnership with EmblemHealth, one of the nation's largest not-for-profit health insurers, serving more than 3 million people in New York City and the tri-state area.

ATLANTA—Trella Health, a provider of market intelligence and integrated customer relationship management (CRM) solutions to the post-acute care industry, announced the launch of its new product, Sprout, for small home health and hospice providers. Trella said the solution enables small organizations to compete like an enterprise through artificial intelligence (AI)-powered referral source recommendations handpicked for their business and a dedicated analyst.

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.