LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. (November 8, 2018)—Two of Washington state’s largest homecare agencies, Seattle-based Family Resource Home Care and Spokane-based Family Home Care, announced completion of a merger that will make the combined entity one of the largest homecare providers in the nation. The new combined entity will retain the Family Resource Home Care name.
Tackling the Continuum of Care at the PointClickCare Summit
Hospital. Rehab. Skilled nursing facility. Home. That’s how discharge works after an acute care episode, or how many patients and family members expect discharge to work. Some patients expect to be discharged straight home into the care of family and home health providers.
For patients on the care journey, moving from one point of care to another can be difficult to navigate. If expectations are not managed by health care providers, the journey becomes even more problematic, leading to additional complications with care.
Regulatory movements, other initiatives help raise awareness
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (November 6, 2018)—Numotion, a provider of complex rehab technology (CRT), has acquired the CRT division of Medsource, extending its reach and capabilities in Utah, Arizona, Nevada and Idaho. Medsource has been in business since 1989, providing custom mobility products to customers across the region.
SAN DIEGO (November 5, 2018)—ResMed announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held MatrixCare, a provider of long-term post-acute care software, serving more than 15,000 providers across skilled nursing, life plan communities, senior living and private duty.
KENILWORTH, N.J. (November 5, 2018)—Supportive information addressing the challenges faced by family caregivers of older adults will be highlighted on merckmanuals.com, an online medical reference, for National Family Caregivers Month in November.
Marketing basics for the busy HME Provider
(November 1, 2018)—Brightree-connected providers now have two additional functionalities at their service. Parachute Health and PlayMaker Health each announced integrations.