WATERLOO, Iowa—Greg Packer of U.S. Rehab has announced his retirement as president, effective at the end of 2023.
Packer will still maintain his relationship with VGM on a consulting basis through at least 2024 and will maintain his position as the current president of the National Coalition For Assistive & Rehab Technology (NCART).
WASHINGTON—The Research Institute for Home Care (RIHC or the Institute) and the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) released the 2023 RIHC Home Care Chartbook. Highlighting the role homecare plays in caring for an aging demographic, the Chartbook provides a look at the patients being served in home health, who they are demographically and clinically and the workforce that cares for them.
NEW YORK—Sentinel Capital Partners, a private equity firm that invests in midmarket companies, announced a minority structured equity and junior debt investment in the Worldwide Home Care division of Sodexo (the "Company"), which provides in–home care in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Brazil. The investment supported the acquisition of the Company led by private equity firm The Halifax Group.
ROSEVILLE, California—Always Best Care Senior Services caregivers around the country often see their clients experiencing winter and holiday doldrums when the daylight hours become shorter and temperatures grow colder.
BOSTON—Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("Blue Cross") announced that it will remove prior authorization requirements for homecare services for commercial members beginning Jan. 1, 2024. This means hospitalized members will not be required to get advance approval before being discharged to continue treatment at home.
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NEW YORK—Tomorrow Health, a home-based health care platform, released new data with Geisinger Health Plan (GHP), illustrating how improving home-based care delivery can have measurable impacts on health plan costs, member satisfaction and overall health outcomes for patients.
WASHINGTON—On Monday, Nov. 6, the Biden-Harris Administration proposed steps to fix Medicare Advantage's (MA) use of prior authorization as well as curb predatory marketing within MA plans.
NEWARK, New Jersey—The owner of a marketing company located in India admitted his role in conspiracies to commit healthcare fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced.
NEW YORK—As November is recognized as National Family Caregivers Month, A Place for Mom (APFM), an online platform for caregivers seeking senior care options, has released the findings of its 2023 State of Caregiving in the U.S. Survey. To draw attention to the challenges faced by the 41 million family caregivers in the country, the survey results reveal new information about the increasing obstacles caregivers are overcoming, highlighting the pressing need for more support and resources.
BOULDER, Colorado—Quality Biomedical, a biomedical equipment service provider in the home medical equipment (HME) and post-acute markets, is expanding into larger facilities in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area to meet the growing demand for its services.
