WALTHAM, Massachusetts—EPOCH Senior Living, a Northeastern senior living organization, hosted the final Purple Flag raising event at its Bridges by EPOCH at Westford community. The partnership was first established in June 2023 when EPOCH launched its system-wide initiative to implement the senior care quality enhancement program across all 12 of its Bridges by EPOCH locations with memory care.

ROCKLEDGE, Florida—Originally created out of a combination of both necessity and opportunity during the COVID-19 pandemic, Health First’s Hospital at Home program has officially reached 1,000 patients—as hospital leaders seek to grow the program as a permanent fixture in medical care.

LOS ANGELES—Five individuals were arrested in Los Angeles on criminal charges related to their roles in a years-long scheme to defraud Medicare of more than $15 million through sham hospice companies and then to launder the fraud proceeds.

TWINSBURG, Ohio—Edgepark announced it is the first to launch a nationally available ostomy storefront through Parachute Health, a provider of ePrescribing software for durable medical equipment (DME). Through this new storefront, Edgepark can now receive digital prescription orders directly from health care providers for patients' ostomy supplies through Parachute Health.

IRVING, Texas—PioneerRx, RedSail Technologies' provider of pharmacy management software, announced a new integration with Medzoomer, a prescription delivery service. This collaboration enables PioneerRx pharmacies to offer seamless, efficient and secure delivery of medications to patients' doors.

TROY, Michigan—ComForCare, a franchised provider of in-home caregiving services, announced the launch of DementiaWise 2.0. This expanded program builds upon the foundation of its original proprietary program, DementiaWise, an occupation-based, team-centered training program designed to help elevate the standard of dementia care.

CINCINNATI, Ohio—Sharon Romaine Ward, 52, formerly of West Chester, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to fraudulently billing more than $8.5 million to Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Affairs home health care programs between 2015 and 2021.

AKRON, Ohio—ACU-Serve, a provider of health care management solutions, announced the addition of Kyle Neese as senior account executive. With more than eight years of experience in the respiratory care industry, Neese brings expertise and a passion for fostering client partnerships to his new role.

WASHINGTON—House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) announced a subcommittee hearing titled “Checking-In on CMMI: Assessing the Transition to Value-Based Care.”

NEW YORK—Special Touch Home Care (STHC or the company), a provider of homecare services since 1984, has launched its new website (cdpas.com) dedicated to consumer directed personal assistance ser