Home Health

PORT WASHINGTON, New York—CareConnect, a homecare artificial intelligence and software services company, announced the launch of Home Care Insights, the first in a series of new websites that provide health care organizations with recruitment, engagement and retention insights. Home Care Insights aims to optimize the workforce and deliver care, the company said.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas & LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—Health and community care technology company

PITTSBURGH—AHN Healthcare@Home Home Health and Hospice (AHN H&H) announced that it has been named a 2024 Top Workplace by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This is the second year in a row that AHN H&H has received this honor in the Pittsburgh market.

NEW YORK—Vesta Healthcare, a virtual care provider in the homecare industry, announced it has closed a $65 million “Series C” funding round with new debt financing.

The round was led by RA Capital Management, with participation from Oak HC/FT, Chrysalis Ventures and others. The debt financing was provided by Horizon Technology Finance Corporation.

DETROIT—A married Macomb County couple, Noli and Isabel Tcruz, were sentenced to six years in prison and 38 months in prison, respectively, on health care fraud kickback conspiracy, tax evasion and fraud charges. U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison announced this sentencing following the sentencings earlier this year of two doctors who pled guilty to receiving kickbacks and bribes from the Tcruzes.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania—The 2024 BAYADA Regatta boat races will take place Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET, at the Temple University Boathouse, 2400 Kelly Drive in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park.

LEBANON, Pennsylvania—The U.S. Department of Labor obtained a summary judgment in federal court, in an effort to recover more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages. The back wages and damages are being recovered for 193 employees of a Pennsylvania homecare agency and its owner, which failed to pay workers the required minimum and overtime wages.

CHICAGO—Help at Home, a national provider of in-home personal care services, announced the acquisition of several Georgia-based homecare organizations: Care By Your Side, One Care Health and AAMedcare. The acquisition aims to further demonstrate the company's commitment to providing care in Georgia.

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a health and community care technology company, announced the launch of WellSky CareInsights and WellSky Value-Based Insights at Sentara Home Care Services, the home health arm of Sentara Health, an integrated, nonprofit health care delivery system in Virginia and North Carolina.

WASHINGTON—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) launched two portals to collect end-user and family caregiver stories about the real-world impact of policy changes for non-invasive ventilators (NIV) and continuous glucose monitors (CGM). These stories will be used in advocacy efforts to educate payers and governmental agencies on the access issues and proposed solutions.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—In recognition of Fall Prevention Awareness Month, Executive Home Care is highlighting the importance of creating a safer home environment for seniors and individuals with mobility challenges.

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia & WASHINGTON—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) unveiled its new name and logo as well as the initial website of the new national organization that will carry forward the work of serving homecare, home health, hospice and palliative care providers as they deliver patients care in their own homes and communities

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida—The direct care workforce, a backbone of the health care industry, is facing unprecedented challenges, as revealed in the newly released 2024-2025 State of the Direct Care Workforce Report by MissionCare Collective.

This report, drawing from extensive data on the well-being of care workers, sheds light on critical issues that industry leaders can no longer afford to ignore, MissionCare said.

DALLAS—Homecare Homebase SM (HCHB), a software provider for home-based care, named Erica Bent, RN case manager at Desert Oasis Healthcare Home Health (HPN), as the September 2024 Gold Standard Award winner.

COLUMBUS, Ohio & BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—Compassus, a national provider of integrated home-based care services, and OhioHealth, a nonprofit health care outreach of the United Methodist Church, announced the finalization of their partnership for home health and hospice services to be called OhioHealth at Home in partnership with Compassus.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania—Tendo announced that Powerback Rehabilitation, a nationwide provider of personalized physical, occupational and speech therapy services, has partnered with Tendo to offer its services through Tendo’s Care Connect and MDsave marketplaces. The Powerback Rehabilitation to You program enables individuals to recover in their own homes, offering flexible scheduling, customized therapy plans and comprehensive support.

BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Franchising Inc., the parent company of the national nonmedical homecare provider HomeWell Care Services, has received the Brandon Hall Group Silver Award for Excellence in Learning Experience Platform (LXP) Implementation. This award recognizes the Learning Lab that HomeWell launched last year to support its franchise system.

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona—Executive Home Care, a provider of in-home care services, announced the launch of its "Roses for Resilience" initiative. On this National Senior Citizens Day, caregivers across the company's franchise network are delivering hundreds of roses to senior clients, symbolizing appreciation and respect for the elderly.