ST. LOUIS, Missouri—EmpowerMe Wellness announced it has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in a new Medicare alternative payment model designed to support people living with dementia and their caregivers.
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.
TOLEDO, Ohio—Ankita Singh, 42, formerly of Maumee, Ohio, was sentenced to 26 months in prison by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary, for her role in a durable medical equipment (DME) scheme that defrauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Medicare Program. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $4,470,931.02, serve two years of supervised release and pay a special assessment fee of $600.
LOS ANGELES, California—The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in a new Medicare alternative payment model designed to support people living with dementia and their caregivers.
OCEANSIDE, California—Honest Medical, an e-commerce site offering health care products, has partnered with Happen Ventures to donate thousands of returned, reusable health products to nonprofits serving those in need. Happen Ventures provides reuse services that support environmental sustainability and aims to foster economic and social benefits. The most recent donation was to Hope Esperanza, a nonprofit organization located in North Platte, Nebraska.
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.
WASHINGTON—Gentiva, successor to Kindred at Home, has agreed to pay $19.428 million to resolve allegations that Kindred at Home and related entities (Kindred) knowingly submitted false claims and knowingly retained overpayments for hospice services provided to patients who were ineligible to receive hospice benefits under various federal health care programs.
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.
PHOENIX, Arizona—Banner Alzheimer’s Institute and Banner Sun Health Research Institute were selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to participate in a new Medicare alternative payment model designed to support people living with dementia and their caregivers.
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.
IRVING, Texas—PioneerRx, RedSail Technologies' provider of pharmacy management software, announced a new integration with Lansworth Pharma SelfServe, the distributor of Pharmaself24, a premier automated prescription pickup solution.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—As the home medical equipment (HME) market continues to expand, providers face growing challenges in revenue collection, impacting profit margins. Increased regulation and complexity in navigating payer reimbursement requirements, particularly with Medicare Advantage (MA) and commercial payers, are driving reimbursement down, while the challenges of recruiting and retaining skilled billing and collections staff have escalated costs.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida—Top Medical Mobility (TMM), a home medical equipment (HME) and mobility aid supplier, announced the release of its new hoyer lifts and patient lift transfer chair for home use. These hydraulic lifts ease the burden on caregivers by providing hydraulic assists for smoother patient transfers. With home care being the new trend, these new products will change the way we transfer and lift patients.
OAKLAND, California—Babylist announced that it has expanded its
ST. LOUIS, Missouri—Responsive Respiratory (RRI) recently introduced a new product solutions catalog.
The oxygen catalog highlights RRI’s newest entry into the oxygen analyzer market, the O2 Checker, as well as its commitment to high-pressure oxygen products.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Todd Young (R-IN) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced the bipartisan "Healthcare Cybersecurity Act" to bolster the health care and public health sectors’ cybersecurity in light of recent cyberattacks.
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania—Sleep Specialists, LLC, the manufacturer of Zzoma, a clinically proven and FDA-cleared medical device for treating mild to moderate positional sleep apnea, announce that Zzoma is now available for ordering on Parachute Health.
WASHINGTON & ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The NAHC-NHPCO Alliance submitted a comment letter to the office of Rep.
