CHICAGO (July 21, 2020)—Evolution Health, a home health, hospice and infusion therapy provider, has selected Dina’s new Staff Screening and Check-In solution to automate its employee wellness and health screening process. 

Digital health care company Dina is an artificial intelligence-powered care coordination platform that recently expanded its product line to include employee engagement, health screening and remote patient monitoring solutions. 

KING OF PRUSSIA, Penn. & MOORESTOWN, N.J. (July 17, 2020)—Universal Health Services, Inc. and BAYADA Home Health Care announced the signing of a definitive agreement to form a strategic partnership. The new joint venture entity will establish and operate Home Health Care services, providing patients with high-quality in-home care services including those to help them recover from an illness, injury or recent hospitalization.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 17, 2020)—The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has added a new item, Analysis of New Rural Add-On Payment Methodology, to its Work Plan. The OIG Work Plan sets forth various projects including OIG audits and evaluations that are underway or planned to be addressed during the fiscal year and beyond by OIG’s Office of Audit Services and Office of Evaluation and Inspections. 

PETERBOROUGH, N.H. (July 17, 2020) – SoClean Inc., a device company, has announced the launch of two new products, the first in a series of consumer items the company plans to release this year. The SoClean Air Purifier eliminates up to 99.9999% of airborne viruses, bacteria and allergens, providing next-generation air purification that surpasses HEPA standards.

WATERLOO, Iowa (July 17, 2020)—The nomination period for the 2020 HME Woman of the Year has begun and runs through Aug. 14. 

Now in its fifth year, the award, sponsored by VGM, recognizes one woman in the industry who has made increasingly significant contributions throughout her career to her company, community, and the home medical equipment industry. 

ORANGE, Calif (July 17, 2020)—GrandPad, creator of the first purpose-built tablet for people over the age of 75, announced that it has been named the preferred telehealth provider for the National PACE Association. The agreement makes it easier for individual Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organizations nationwide to implement GrandPad telehealth solutions, which allow older patients to engage in virtual care in a safe, simple and reliable format.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 17, 2020)—Compass Health signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Well Care Brands, LLC to promote and sell their PürCare line of CBD products. The PürCare line is specially designed for the over-40 market with a specific focus on the in-home caregiver. The partnership with Compass will target PürCare to the home medical equipment (HME) segment providing a full line of products and programs that complement and enhance an HME provider’s ongoing business.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 17, 2020)—The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC)—a coalition of home oxygen therapy provider and manufacturing companies—recently named Crispin Teufel, chief executive officer of Lincare as Chairman of the Board. Teufel succeeds Dan Starck, chief executive officer of Apria Healthcare, in his new leadership role.
 

FRESNO, Calif., (July 15, 2020)—Sunrise Medical, a provider of advanced assistive mobility solutions, announced the appointment of long-time industry veteran Larry Jackson to the position of President of Sunrise Medical North America, effective from July, 20 2020. Larry will report to Thomas Babacan, the President and CEO of Sunrise Medical Group. With this appointment, he will also become a member of the group’s Global Senior Leadership Team.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (July 15, 2020)—A Florida man who operated a durable medical equipment company has been charged for his alleged participation in a Medicare kickback and telemedicine fraud scheme.