COLUMBUS, Ohio (February 24, 2022)—One of the nation’s largest insurance and financial protection companies is partnering with an early-stage robotics company with a shared vision of helping people remain independent at home as they age or face short term and long-term health issues.  
 

DENVER, Colo. (February 24, 2022)—OnTerra Systems, the developers of RouteSavvy route planning software, announced a new RouteSavvy Mobile App with new delivery and service call management functionality and enhanced smartphone-based GPS tracking.

MINNETONKA, Minn. (February 24, 2022)—Accra, a Minnesota-based provider of homecare services, has promoted Mary Ngunu to be its first Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead. In her new role, Ngunu will be responsible for implementing and executing all efforts regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion at Accra.
 

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 24, 2022)—Building support for H.R. 6641, the DMEPOS Relief Act of 2022, remains a top priority for the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and other home medical equipment (HME) stakeholder groups. 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (February 23, 2022)—The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) is pleased to announce the 2022 Fellow Program (FNHIA) cohort, made up of highly accomplished home and alternate site infusion professionals. The program is administered and funded by the National Home Infusion Foundation (NHIF), thanks to a generous contribution from Integrated Medical Systems, Inc. (IMS), the 2022 sponsor of the NHIA Fellow Program.
 

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (February 22, 2022)—WellSky, a global health and community care technology company, announced that it intends to acquire TapCloud, a virtual patient engagement technology company that helps patients, caregivers, and clinicians communicate crucial information in real-time to achieve better health outcomes.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 22, 2022)—Medicare paid a total $6.6 billion to nonhospice providers for services provided to hospice beneficiaries between 2010 and 2019, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG).

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (February 22, 2022)—Encompass Health Corp. announced it has been named to Fortune's 'World's Most Admired Companies' for 2022. Encompass Health, a national leader in integrated health care services, was listed third in the Healthcare: Medical Facilities category.

NEW YORK (February 22, 2022)—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for payers, providers and state Medicaid agencies, announced the official launch of Care Insights for Payers, a solution that enables payers to leverage caregivers’ visit frequency with members to capture change in condition alerts and social determinants of health (SDOH) observations, creating additional visibility at the member, risk cohort and population levels.

ATLANTA (February 22, 2022)—Medtrade East is scheduled for October 24-26, 2022 at the Georgia World Congress Center and the educational advisory board (EAB) is officially looking for speakers. The nation’s largest home medical equipment-focused trade show will feature familiar faces, but there is room for new blood.