JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 24, 2020)—Forcura, a health technology company that enables safer patient care transitions along the care continuum, announces its first-ever user conference, taking place as a key component of the Forcura CONNECT Summit on Aug. 28, 2020.
CHICAGO (July 22, 2020)—Help at Home, LLC, a national homecare provider headquartered in Illinois that delivers in-home care to seniors and people with disabilities, announced that its subsidiaries Coastal Home Care and Altrus, two home and community-based companies in Georgia, would be officially changing their names to Help at Home, LLC, effective July 1.
SPRING HOUSE, Penn. (July 22, 2020)—The Compliance Team, Inc., a Medicare-approved national health care accreditation organization, recently launched its newest Exemplary Provider Quality Award program, Pharmacy Testing Certification. The program is the first of its kind in the health care industry and is derived from The Compliance Team’s long-standing pharmacy quality standards for accreditation.
HARTFORD, Conn. (July 22, 2020)—CareCentrix, a provider of tech-enabled post-acute and home-based solutions, has added Charles Berg to its board of directors. Berg brings broad health plan and provider experience to CareCentrix, having served as a senior executive at UnitedHealth Group, WellCare and Oxford Health. He served on the board of the palliative care company Turn-Key Health, acquired by CareCentrix in May 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 22, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Provider Burden Relief Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) that the suspension of Medicare fee for server (FFS) audits due to the COVID-19 public health emergency will be lifted beginning Aug. 3, 2020 (see page 1).
PHILADELPHIA (July 22, 2020)—BAYADA Home Health Care, a nonprofit provider of in-home health care and support services, announced today that six of its home health offices were recognized for excellence in client satisfaction with SHPBest Awards from Strategic Healthcare Programs (SHP), while four of BAYADA's hospice offices were honored with Hospice Honors awards in the HEALTHCAREfirst by ResMed 2020 Hospice CAHPS Honors Awards program.
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. (July 22, 2020)—Casamba, a provider of electronic medical record (EMR) solutions for contract therapy providers, skilled nursing facilities, home health and hospice agencies and outpatient therapy, announced it has added Relatient, a leading software as a service (SaaS)-based patient engagement company and award-winning No. 1 KLAS Category Leader for “Patient Outreach” in 2020, to its partner network.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (July 21, 2020)--The COVID-19 death toll in nursing homes has hit unprecedented levels, with some estimating that 40% of all deaths due to the virus in
CARLSBAD, Calif. (July 21, 2020)—Eppic Medical, based in Carlsbad, California, announced its acquisition of Mobül: the mobility store, based in Long Beach, California, effective July 15, 2020. Mobül is the third acquisition of Eppic Medical, a home medical equipment retailer that currently serves customers with locations in Palm Desert and San Diego.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 21, 2020)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is urging the independent National Commission on Safety and Quality in Nursing Homes to ensure that residents of nursing homes have access to hospice care, whether in the form of safe, in-person visits or by telehealth communication.