LARKSPUR, Calif. (July 16, 2021)—By the Bay Health (BTBH) announced the appointment of Amira Barger, Tracy Stempel Hogan and Greg LeClaire to the board of directors. These three new board appointments reflect the organization’s broadening services and expanding role serving the Bay Area with hospice care, palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care and skilled home health care services.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (July 15, 2021)—Mission Healthcare, one of California’s largest home health, hospice and palliative care providers, announced the acquisition of Northern California-based Healthy Living Network, a multi-state provider of home health.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 14, 2021)—Show organizers capped off day three of Medtrade West with the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Magazine.
Fifteen companies participated in this years’ product showcase, with products ranging from new apps to make evaluations simpler to pain relief devices. Attendees voted for their top choices. The winners are:
PHOENIX, Arizona (July 14, 2021)—Home medical equipment providers may need to wait as long as a year before the situation is back to normal on Philips Respironics CPAP devices, which have been put on hold due to a nationwide recall, according to the American Association for Homecare.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (July 13, 2021)—Numotion, a provider of products and services that provide mobility, health and personal independence, is pleased to announce that it has been named a “Best place to Work for Disability Inclusion” after receiving a score of 100 on the 2021 Disability Equality Index (DEI).
PITTSBURGH (July 13, 2021)—sovaSage Incorporated, a Pittsburgh based company, and Breathe LLC, a nationwide home sleep testing provider headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, proudly announce a partnership to incorporate the sovaSage TherapistAssist Sleep Assessment & Mask Fitting with the Breathe Diagnostics Home Sleep Test service.
WASHINGTON, DC (July 13, 2021)—As care workers, consumers and advocates rally on the capitol and in states across the country, LeadingAge reiterated its call for Congress to pass President Biden’s proposed historic investments in home and community-based services as well as in affordable housing—supported by large majorities of Americans from both parties—and to take vital steps to rebuild the aging services infrastructure older Americans desperately need.
PHOENIX, Arizona (July 13, 2021)—A number of legal and government entities will be hunting for fraud around COVID-19 relief programs, and the health care sector—the largest recipient of first-draw Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans—is dead in their sights.
NEW YORK (July 13, 2021)—ArchCare, the Archdiocese of New York’s health care system that every day cares for more than 9,000 seniors, the poor and persons with special needs, announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Scott LaRue has been named to Crain’s New York “Notable in Health Care” list for 2021. This recognition honors C-suite leaders in the health care sector who have demonstrated a willingness to share their expertise with others in the field.
DALLAS, Texas (July 13, 2021)—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a software for home-based care, announced a co-marketing partnership with nVoq Incorporated. HCHB is committed to becoming “better together” by encouraging clinicians to use nVoq’s accurate, secure speech-to-text technology in the office, on the g, or in the home when providing care. nVoq’s suite of leading-edge speech recognition solutions includes nVoq.Mobile Voice for the Android tablet, and nVoq.Voice for Windows users.