WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services, has partnered with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) new national campaign—"Risk Less. Do More.”—to raise awareness of the latest vaccines for influenza (flu), COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
WILMINGTON, Delaware—Dr. Vishal Patel, a Wilmington physician, has agreed to pay $1 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act by ordering medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME) for patients covered by Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), announced U.S. Attorney David Weiss.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—Trividia Health, Inc., announced it has expanded its portfolio to include the “TRUENESS” blood glucose monitoring system. The new system provides accuracy and cost-effectiveness for diabetes management, allowing users to better measure blood glucose.
BALTIMORE, Maryland—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced additional resources and flexibilities are available in response to Hurricane Francine in Louisiana. CMS is working closely with the state of Louisiana to put these flexibilities in place to ensure those affected by the natural disaster have access to the care they need.
LONDON, England—Essence SmartCare, an Internet of Things (IoT) remote care solutions company, announced the integration of “Care@Home,” an end-to-end senior care solution, in partnership with Skyresponse, an alarm management platform.
TRENTON, New Jersey—A Florida man admitted his role in a durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud scheme, announced U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger.
Christopher Vehovec of Miami Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty to information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Michael Shipp in Trenton federal court.
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.
WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, a national association of nonprofit and mission-driven aging services providers, released "The Immigration Imperative: Recommendations for Strengthening the Aging Services Workforce." The Immigration Imperative is a new white paper that explores how the country’s immigration system can be reformed, addresses the need to increase foreign-born workers in long-term service and supports (LTSS) care teams and aims to expand access to care.
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.
FRESNO, California—Sunrise Medical announced the launch of the Empulse R90, an add-on push-assist device for wheelchairs. This push device powers manual wheelchairs, allowing riders to go longer distances, receive assistance up ramps, preserve energy and prevent shoulder strain.
BURLINGTON, Ontario—VGM Canada announced Brenlee Mogul-Rotman, national clinical and technical education manager with Permobil, as the winner of the 2024 Canadian HME Woman of the Year Award. The award was presented during the Canadian Seating and Mobility Conference.
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Netsmart announced its acquisition of HealthPivots, an Oregon-based market intelligence company for the post-acute care continuum. The company said the combination of Netsmart’s care platform and HealthPivots’ “DataLab” aims to provide consolidated data, advanced analytics and a platform to enhance the post-acute care provider transition to value-based care (VBC).
GOLETA, California—Inogen, Inc., a medical technology company offering in-home respiratory products, announced the appointment of Eric Pauls as vice president of sales in North America. Pauls previously worked with RQM+ as chief customer officer.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS), a CMS contractor, notified nearly one million individuals whose protected health information or other personally identifiable information (PII) may have been compromised in connection with Medicare administrative services provided by WPS.
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.
IRVINE, California—Masimo Corporation, a noninvasive monitoring technologies and audio products company, mailed a letter to stockholders regarding its upcoming annual meeting of stockholders, which will be held on Thursday, Sept. 19. The letter highlighted the importance of stockholders’ votes in determining the future of the company and the value of their investment, the company said.
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.
