Home Health

COLUMBIA, South Carolina—The South Carolina Home Care & Hospice Association (SCHCHA) announced the appointment of five new officers who will serve the 2024-2025 term.

NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a homecare management solution for providers, managed care organizations (MCOs) and state Medicaid agencies, announced the results of the

PHILADELPHIA—The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a federal consent judgment requiring a Philadelphia-based homecare services provider to pay 66 home health aides $129,697 in back wages and damages after investigations and litigation confirmed the employer willfully denied them overtime pay. 

ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care, a senior care franchise system in the United States, is now serving seniors in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and surrounding communities, such as Deming, La Mesa, Mesquite, Sunland Park and White Sands. Always Best Care of Las Cruces provides non-medical in-home care, mobile medical alert services and senior living and memory care referral services.

EAGLE, Idaho—The Pennant Group, Inc. announced its purchase of the Washington and Idaho assets of Signature Healthcare at Home. The Pennant Group is a company focused on affiliated home health, hospice and senior living.

Pennant previously announced its agreement to purchase the Signature assets, with the planned closing of Signature’s Washington and Idaho assets on Aug. 1, 2024. A second purchase agreement of Signature’s Oregon business is intended to close on Jan. 1, 2025.

DALLAS, Texas—Axxess, a global technology innovator for home health care, announced the 2025 Axxess Growth, Innovation and Leadership Experience (AGILE) will take place on May 5–7 at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Dallas.

TROY, Michigan—AmeriCare Medical, Inc., a provider of home health care services, has received recognition from the state of Michigan for its work in homecare. Acknowledging their achievements, government leaders from the State of Michigan House of Representatives delivered a tribute that honors and commends AmeriCare Medical's team of registered nurses' commitment to excellence in health care.

FRANKLIN, Tennessee—American Health Plans, a division of American Health Partners, has announced its partnership with Empath Health, a not-for-profit hospice and home-based health care organization. Their partnership seeks to grow American Health Advantage of Florida, an Institutional Special Needs Plans (ISNP) providing Medicare Advantage coverage to the long-term care population of Florida.  

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota—The Department of Labor (DOL) has recovered $135,000, representing $67,500 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages, for 57 employees of Axis Home PCA Agency Inc. An investigation by the department’s wage and hour division found the Minneapolis employer violated the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime and recordkeeping provisions.  

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WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates has released the third playbook of the year, “Boosting Results in Patient-Centered Homecare.” This publication explores the exciting opportunities that value-based care presents for the post-acute homecare industry.

BOSTON—A Westford woman was convicted Friday, July 19, 2024 following a nine-day jury trial in federal court in Boston in connection with a home health care fraud scheme.

SILVERDALE, Washington—Family Resource Home Care, an independently owned home care company in the Pacific Northwest, announced the opening of its newest location in Silverdale, Washington. The company said the expansion represents its commitment to enhancing the quality of life for clients and their families while also creating valuable caregiving career opportunities within the local community.

STATESVILLE, North—Iredell Home Health, a part of Iredell Health System, achieved accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC).

Accreditation is a process through which health care organizations demonstrate compliance with national standards. Iredell said its accreditation by ACHC reflects its dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate a higher level of performance and patient care.

RICHMOND, Virginia—Owens & Minor, Inc. (Owens & Minor), announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rotech Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (Rotech), a privately held home-based care business headquartered in Orlando, Florida, for $1.36 billion in cash.

NEW YORK—Special Touch Home Care (STHC or the company), a provider of home health services dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for New Yorkers within the comfort of their own homes, announced that it has reached more than 150,000 patients in the year of its 40th anniversary.

HONOLULU—Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii announced the launch of its Kaiser Permanente Home Health agency on Hawaii Island. The agency will bring nursing and physical therapy to homebound members on Hawaii Island.

WASHINGTON—The NAHC-NHPCO Alliance (the Alliance) is continuing the process of integrating the two organizations into a single, cohesive champion for the care-at-home community. The Alliance said the member voice is critical to the success of this endeavor. As such, all members of legacy NAHC and legacy NHPCO are invited to a virtual Town Hall on Wednesday, July 31, 2024 to learn more about new leadership, progress on integration, how members can stay involved in the Alliance and more.

NEW YORK,—HHAeXchange, a homecare management solution for providers, managed care organizations (MCOs) and state Medicaid agencies, announced the opening of a new Minnesota office and call center for its technical customer care team and local company employees.

ST. LOUIS, Missouri—Residential Home Health and Hospice (Residential), a division of Graham Healthcare Group, announced that it has been named a 2024 Top Workplace by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This is the fourth year that Residential has received the award in the St. Louis market.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplaces Award is an annual recognition program celebrating companies in the St. Louis metro area that excel in employee satisfaction and engagement.