A letter sent to Oz, the president-elect’s nominee for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator, raises concern with his ties to Medicare Advantage & UnitedHealth

WASHINGTON—A group of U.S. senators have written a letter expressing concern about “deep financial ties” the potential head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Centers (CMS), Mehmet Oz, has with Medicare Advantage. The letter was written by multiple democratic senators, including Sen.

The company’s new physical-digital remote health care platform will debut at the Consumer Electronics Show expo in January

MINNEAPOLIS—Ōmcare, a Minnesota-based digital health technology company, announced it will debut its new home health platform, Ōmcare Home Health Hub, at the 2025 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Expo. The company said the platform will feature a physical-digital approach to remote health care aiming to change care models for the aging population.

The company’s new payer transparency portal is set to launch January 2025

ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), a nonprofit organization advocating for home medical equipment (HME) services and supplies policies, announced a new HME benefit for provider members, the company wrote in a recent newsletter to members. The benefit, AAHomecare payer transparency portal, is set to launch in January.  

Zingage plans to offer its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered administrative & operational tools to Axxess’ home health & homecare clients

DALLAS—Axxess, a global technology platform for health care at home, has partnered with Zingage, a caregiver engagement platform, to offer its clients with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered administrative and operational tools that can help reduce turnover, improve compliance and deliver better care.

The company intends to bring its community management & long-term care experience to Gurnee Place Memory Care’s assisted living facility

MINNEAPOLIS—Health Dimensions Group (HDG), a management and consulting organization that specializes in senior living, post-acute and long-term care, announced it has been appointed to manage Gurnee Place Memory Care, an assisted living facility providing respite, memory and Alzheimer’s care in Gurnee, Illinois.

The accreditation organization’s excellence in dementia care program made expansions into the care areas of assisted living, homecare & hospice care

OLD LYME, Connecticut—Purple Flag for Dementia Care, an accreditation program aiming to improve the quality of dementia care services, announced its excellence in dementia care program is set to expand into three additional care areas: traditional assisted living, homecare and hospice care.

The partnership aims to provide Axxess’ palliative care patients with Forcura’s API software technologies & expand client care

JACKSONVILLE, Florida—Forcura, a health care workflow management company, announced a new partnership with Axxess, a global technology platform for health care at home, that aims to expand its connectivity to Axxess’ palliative care platform.

The San Francisco Bay area defendant was sentenced to prison & ordered to pay more than $543,000 for submitting false Medicare payment claims & thwarting FBI investigations

SAN FRANCISCO—Veronica Katz, a San Francisco home health agency owner, was sentenced to two years in federal prison and ordered to pay $543,634 in restitution for committing health care fraud. The sentencing was handed down by James Donato, U.S. District Judge.