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OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a global health and community care technology and services company, released findings from a national study of the health care workforce conducted in partnership with the Center for Generational Kinetics, a thought leadership research firm.
CERRITOS, California—HealthView Home Healthcare Services announced that Fortune Magazine has ranked it 12th on its 2025 Best Workplaces in Health Care list. Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Health Care list is based on employee feedback regarding culture, leadership and overall workplace experience.
The company said the recognition is especially meaningful for an organization like HealthView, where both office and field staff in home health and hospice work closely together.
DES MOINES, Iowa—Innovive Health, a home health care agency serving complex behavioral health patients, hosted a ribbon cutting to mark the opening of its new Iowa office in Des Moines, Iowa. The event featured local business leaders including the executive director of the Des Moines Downtown Chamber of Commerce, Innovive Health leadership and clinical experts, and Iowa managed care partners.
NORTHFIELD, Illinois—Medline announced that it signed a Prime Vendor agreement with Commonheart, a not-for-profit home health and hospice organization based out of Waukesha, Wisconsin.
DALLAS—Axxess, a global technology platform for health care at home, has partnered with Helper Heroes, a virtual assistant staffing provider, to offer Axxess clients access to trained virtual assistant staff. The companies said this will allow organizations to streamline operations, fill back-office gaps and improve productivity, all while reducing overhead costs and retaining key staff.
DALLAS & IRVING, Texas—Elara Caring and National HME have entered into an exclusive agreement under which National HME will deliver its DME services to Elara Caring’s 49 hospice locations across the United States. Elara Caring is aa national home health provider offering clinical and personal care services, and National HME is a provider of durable medical equipment (DME) solutions and services.
MONTVALE, New Jersey—Rater8, a company that manages health care reputation management, announced the official launch of the rater8 Visibility Engine (raVE), a platform designed to help health care organizations take control of their online presence in an era where artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient search behavior.
PHILADELPHIA—BAYADA Home Health Care, a nonprofit home health care provider, has partnered with the University of Washington (the UW) to analyze home health care practices, funded by a $310,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
AMITYVILLE, New York—Bryan Skilled Home Care, a licensed homecare services agency based in Amityville, New York, providing care to Medicaid Managed Long Term Care and NHTD/TBI Waiver participants, announced it has achieved over 90% caregiver adoption of its mobile care platform. This accomplishment earned the agency an award at the 2025 HHAeXchange New York Customer Summit.
DALLAS—Enhabit, Inc., a home health and hospice provider, announced its participation in the Jefferies 2025 Healthcare Services Conference.
Enhabit’s president and CEO Barb Jacobsmeyer and Chief Financial Officer Ryan Solomon will participate in a fireside chat on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 10:55 a.m. CT.
NEW YORK—PHI National, an organization that works to ensure quality care for older adults and people with disabilities by creating jobs for direct care workers, announced the release of its annual research report, "Direct Care Workers in the United States: Key Facts 2025."
PHILADELPHIA—UnderX, a United States-based provider of incontinence care, announced the launch of its new business-to-business (B2B) sales initiative. With the addition of a B2B sales representative, UnderX is now positioned to serve hospitals, long-term care facilities, nursing homes and assisted living communities nationwide.
BURKBURNETT, Texas—HomeWell Care Services, a provider of non-medical homecare, was recently named a 2025 Most Profitable Franchise by Franchise Business Review (FBR), a franchise market research firm, based on FBR’s annual franchisee satisfaction survey of more than 35,000 owners.
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Lucet, a behavioral health care provider, announced its brand evolution, announced its acquisition of Emcara Health.
TEMPE, Arizona—SYNERGY HomeCare has announced the opening of its four newest locations: SYNERGY HomeCare of Proctorville, SYNERGY HomeCare of Seminole, SYNERGY HomeCare of West Palm Beach and SYNERGY HomeCare of Columbia. The companies will assist residents with non-medical homecare services, such as companion care, personal care and respite care.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark & SAN FRANCISCO—Teton.ai, the predictive intelligence company for modern health care, announced a $20 million Series A fundraise led by Plural, which also led Teton’s seed round, with participation from Bertelsmann Investments, Antler Elevate and Nebular with a follow-on investment from PSV Tech.
NEW YORK—Meela Inc., a personalized artificial intelligence (AI) companion for seniors, has announced $3.5 million in seed funding led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV). With these funds, Meela said it will invest in research and development to expand its product capabilities and clinical efficacy research.
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Human Services Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a review of Medicare Part B payment trends for wound care products known as skin substitutes that the office said “raises major concerns about fraud, waste and abuse.”
In March 2023, OIG issued a report that identified significant gaps in manufacturer compliance with new average sales price (ASP) reporting requirements for skin substitutes.
MINNEAPOLIS—Health Dimensions Group (HDG), a senior living, post-acute, and long-term care management and consulting firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has named Erin Hilligan as its chief operating officer (COO). With this role, Hilligan joins HDG’s executive leadership team.
SAN DIEGO—BetterNight, a provider of comprehensive sleep health solutions, announced the appointment of Inan Beydilli as its new chief executive officer. Beydilli officially assumed the role on Aug. 25, bringing with him health care leadership experience.
NORTH MIAMI, Florida—Paradigm, a revenue cycle management and claims processing company for homecare businesses, has acquired Careswitch, the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered homecare operating system.
PORTLAND, Maine—MedRhythms, Inc., a provider of neurologic and physical rehabilitation, announced its partnership with Edwards Health Care Services (EHCS), a provider of direct-to-home medical products. The partnership will enable nationwide distribution of MedRhythms' currently available devices, InTandem, for adults with chronic stroke walking impairments and MOVIVE for people with Parkinson's disease (PD), to patients with Medicare and/or commercial insurance.
