Sunset Healthcare Solutions announced it will build upon its founding tenet and sustained efforts to support and advocate for durable medical equipment (DMEs) through its new partnership with VGM.

Based on current COVID-19 trends, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning for the federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 (PHE), declared under Section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, to expire at the end of the day on May 11, 2023. 

Durable medical equipment (DME) Medicare administrative contractors (MACs) published updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) relating to the new Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment Local Coverage Determination (LCD) in early February.

WASHINGTON—Inova Home Health, LLC (IHH), which is owned in-part and managed by Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC (ASHN), provides home health care coordination services to patients at the Inova Health System in northern Virginia, including through the services of their Post-Acute Care Coordinators (PACCs). IHH and ASHN violated civil rights laws by paying female PACCs less than male PACCs the U.S.

ATLANTA and TOLEDO, Ohio—Gentiva, a dedicated hospice, palliative and personal care company striving for improved access, equity and quality of care for patients, and ProMedica, an integrated health care organization providing, in part, hospice and homecare services through its Heartland brand, announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which Gentiva will acquire Heartland hospice and homecare agencies/loca

BOSTON—Healthy.io and Reset Kidney Health, a hybrid care platform that offers multidisciplinary care to patients with kidney disease, have announced a partnership that will give patients the option to utilize at-home, smartphone-powered kidney testing. Through this partnership, Reset will provide eligible patients with Healthy.io's Minuteful Kidney test to complete at home.

WINTER HAVEN, Florida—React Health, a developer, manufacturer and distributor of medical devices for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and oxygen therapy, completed the acquisition of Invacare’s Respiratory line earlier in February 2023.

This acquisition includes:

BURKBURNETT, Texas—With 2022 now in the books, HomeWell Franchising Inc., the franchisor of non-medical homecare provider HomeWell Care Services, reflects on another year of growth and expansion.

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (March 29, 2022)—UnitedHealth Group's purchase of LHC Group has gone through, according to a Form 8-K the company filed Feb. 22 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.