SHOREVIEW, Minn. and TORONTO (December 17, 2018)—Maxwell Healthcare Associates (MHA), a post-acute operational, financial, technological and regulatory consulting firm, announced Swift Skin and Wound as its exclusive digital wound care management solution of choice for MHA home health clients.
McKINNEY, Texas (December 17, 2018)—Soleo Health, a provider of complex specialty pharmacy and infusion services administered in the home and alternate sites of care, announced the opening of a new specialty infusion pharmacy location in Birmingham, Alabama. This expands the company’s footprint to 19 locations nationwide, with pharmacy licensure in all 50 states.
State, local regulations and other changes pose challenges for home health
LOUISVILLE, Ky. and OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (December 18, 2018)—Kindred Healthcare LLC and Netsmart have partnered to create what the companies say is a unique, technology-driven clinical platform that surpasses the traditional boundaries of electronic medical records and aligns with the needs of the evolving value-based care environment.
MINNEAPOLIS—Minneapolis-based Lifesprk, a provider of whole person senior care since 2004, is expanding its service offerings by launching Lifesprk Health, a primary care service. Lifesprk has also added geriatrician, Dr. Bill Thomas, who was named one of the 12 most influential Americans shaping aging in the 21st century by the Wall Street Journal.
LENEXA, Kan. (December 14, 2018)—WellSky, a health and community care technology company backed by TPG Capital, has acquired Consolo Services Group, a provider of fully-integrated, web-based IT solutions for the hospice and palliative care industries. Consolo offers WellSky an entry point in palliative, adult day and memory care markets.
ATLANTA (December 17, 2018)—Brightree, a provider of cloud-based software helping out-of-hospital providers improve business performance and patient outcomes, announced it has acquired privately held mobile delivery and cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider Apacheta Corporation, further expanding the SaaS portfolio of Brightree’s owner, ResMed.
ATLANTA (December 17, 2018)—GF Health Products Inc. (Graham-Field) joined with 150 guests and Georgia dignitaries to celebrate the grand opening of the company’s new global headquarters located at One Graham-Field Way, Atlanta.
(December 13, 2018)—On Sept. 10, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed a changed in the application of the “public charge” in determining immigrant admission status in the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (83 Fed. Reg. 51114), published to the Federal Register on Oct. 10. The U.S.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (December 12, 2018)—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is pleased to announce James “Jim” L. Hewlett, BOCO as the 2018 recipient of the Jim Newberry Award for Extraordinary Service. Hewlett was nominated by Newberry’s widow, Lynne, who describes Hewlett as “one of the most qualified, generous and patient teachers I ever have been blessed to observe.”