PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania—AdaptHealth Corp., a home health care solutions provider—including home medical equipment and medical supplies—announced Diana Nole has been appointed to its board of directors.
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky—CenterWell Home Health, a home health provider, has collected nearly 90,000 meals in its 20th annual food drive to feed people in the communities it serves nationwide.
Thanks to the many individuals and organizations who gave, CenterWell collected food and monetary donations equivalent to 89,456 meals.
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced the Choices for Increased Mobility Act (S 5154) to increase access to wheelchairs made with advanced materials by allowing Medicare beneficiaries to upgrade to lighter, more functional wheelchairs without bearing the entire upfront cost.
TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare, a home care franchise ranked on the Entrepreneur 500 list and in the Franchise Business Review’s top 50, announced nine of its locations have joined the Parkinson’s Foundation community
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas & NEW YORK— Netsmart, a health care information technology provider for community-based care, and VNS Health, a provider of post-acute care services and value-based models of care, have announced a collaboration aimed at transforming end-of-life care through machine learning and predictive analytics.
PHILADELPHIA—Bayada Home Health Care, a nonprofit home health care provider, will join the 2024 Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Philadelphia, presented by the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter, as its local presenting sponsor for the second year in a row. Bayada served as the Philadelphia walk's local presenting sponsor in 2023, in which the organization formed 58 teams that collectively helped raise more than $62,000 in support of the walk.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM & Associates, a member service organization for durable medical equipment and home medical equipment providers, has released its fourth playbook of the year, “Mastering Business Management and Optimization.” This playbook publication aims to provide actionable insights and advice that enhance business operations, financial health and customer relationships throughout the industry.
NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania—River Oaks Home Care, a senior homecare service provider, has been awarded ninth place on the “Philadelphia100” list, in recognition of the company’s growth in the senior care industry. The award was announced during the Philadelphia100 awards dinner ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 17.
TORONTO—Swift Medical, a digital wound care provider, announced its new “Skin & Wound 2” platform, which incorporates the latest fast health care interoperability resources standard, as well as imaging and documentation features. The platform has been used for more than 50 million patient assessments in home health, ambulatory, acute and skilled nursing settings.
Bill Dombi met his first bully in kindergarten.
It only took a day for him to fight back, leaving the bully with a bloody nose and Dombi punished in a corner, the retiring president emeritus of the National Association for Homecare and Hospice (NAHC) said as he bid farewell on the last day of the organization’s annual conference in Tampa, Florida.
ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced Ryan and Ashley Mitchell as the new owners of the Always Best Care franchise in Terre Haute, Indiana. The franchise—located at 605 Ohio Street, Suite 415—will continue to provide senior care services, such as non-medical in-home care and senior living referral services, under the new leadership.
PHOENIX—MD Home Health, an Arizona-based home health agency, announced the expansion of its health care services to include in-clinic care, virtual care, remote patient monitoring, house calls and hospice care. This expansion has made the company one of the first privately-held home health agencies in Arizona to offer an omnichannel health care approach.
RALEIGH, North Carolina— The Kay Yow Cancer Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to fighting all cancers that affect women, and the Georgia Alliance for Breast Cancer, a non-profit that strives to support Georgia's breast cancer community, have awarded Atrium Health Navicent with $50,000 and $10,000 grants, respectively. The grants were given to support a mobile mammography program that aims to increase access to breast cancer screenings, which is set to launch later this year.
OZARK, Missouri & ATLANTA—HealthRev Partners, a revenue cycle management partner specializing in technology-driven solutions for home health and hospice agencies, and Trella Health, provider of market intelligence and customer relationship management (CRM) solutions for the post-acute care industry, announced a new partnership.
TAMPA, Florida—The National Alliance for Care at Home and its legacy organization have established a scholarship fund in honor of retiring National Association for Homecare and Hospice (NAHC) President Bill Dombi, leaders announced Monday at the organization’s transitional conference in Tampa, Florida.
DALLAS—Enhabit Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced it has been recognized by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) as an Age-Friendly Health Systems participant.
WASHINGTON—LeadingAge, an organization aiming to support nonprofit aging services providers, released a statement from Katie Smith Sloan, the company’s president and CEO, in response to the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations’ report on Medicare Advantage’s denial of post-acute care. The report, “Refusal of Recovery: How Medicare Advantage Insurers Have Denied Patients Access to Post-Acute Care,” was released Thursday, Oct. 17.
The statement made by Sloan is below.
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM and Associates, a member service organization for durable medical equipment (DME) and home medical equipment (HME) providers, is now accepting proposals from prospective speakers for its annual Heartland Conference. The conference, which offers attendees education on topics like clinical rehab, women's health, respiratory, wound care, regulatory and audits, will take place Monday, June 9 through Wednesday, June 11.
By Arthur Allen
The CVS representative popped into Lisa Trumble’s third-floor Berkshire Medical Center hospital room in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, to announce that everything was arranged for Trumble to return home, where she relies on IV nutrition due to severe intestinal problems that leave her unable to eat.
ARLINGTON, Virginia—Kris Srinivasan, chief strategy officer at Valere Health, has been selected to fill a vacated American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) board seat in the 2023-2026 class. Srinivasan has gained various health care and payer ecosystem insights through leadership positions in the industry, including previously serving on the AAHomecare Board of Directors and on various state association boards over the last eight years.
