HOUSTON (December 14, 2021)—In the first extradition from the Republic of Cameroon to the United States, a Texas man was extradited to Houston on Friday to serve an 80-year prison sentence he received in absentia four years ago after he pleaded guilty in two separate cases to conspiracy, health care fraud, money laundering and tax offenses.
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BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mi. (December 14, 2021)—Franchise Dictionary Magazine recognized ComForCare, a franchised provider of in-home caregiving services, as one of the top 100 Game Changers of 2021. This recognition highlights franchises that fill a niche, help the communities they are a part of, and provide opportunities for aspiring business owners.
ATLANTA (December 14, 2021)—Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc., a diversified homecare platform focused on providing care to medically complex, high-cost patient populations, announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of Comfort Care, a home health and hospice company with operations in Alabama and Tennessee, for $345 million, representing $290 million of value, net of the present value of approximately $55 million in estimated net tax benefits.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2021)—The national average hourly rate for hospice aides (CNAs) increased 4.52% in 2021, according to the just released 2021-2022 Hospice Salary & Benefits Report, published by Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service (HCS) in cooperation with the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC).
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 10, 2021)—The U.S. Senate has approved legislation that keeps across-the-board 4% PAYGO cuts to Medicare reimbursement from taking effect in 2022. The House passed S. 610 on Dec. 8. the
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (December 10, 2021)—Complia Health, a home health and hospice technology solutions provider, announced that All Pointe Care, a home health and homecare provider, has chosen the company’s ContinuLink solution and Clinical Edge EVV mobile app to support caregivers in the field. The partnership was formalized following All Pointe’s acquisition of an agency into its care delivery approach.
PITTSFORD, N.Y. (December 10, 2021)—Caresmartz has rolled out a major update that allows homecare businesses to quickly gather insights and represent them into a format of choice for growth and success.
CareSmartz360, a homecare software solution, opened up a whole new realm of custom reporting, bringing the company one step closer to providing homecare providers with a truly comprehensive solution for everything homecare.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (December 9, 2021)–Home health care workers often suffer from poorer physical and mental health, when compared with similar low-wage frontline workers, according to new research by Weill Cornell Medicine.
AUSTIN, Texas (December 9, 2021)—Two doctors who helped a local hospice agency scam Medicare were sentenced to a combined 23 years in prison for health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Chad E. Meacham.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2021)—The House of Representatives has passed the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (S. 610), legislation to keep across-the-board 4% PAYGO cuts to Medicare reimbursement from taking effect in 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 7, 2021)—On an annual basis, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issues a financial report that provides fiscal and high-level performance results that allow for the assessment of HHS’s performance over the previous fiscal year.
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (December 7, 2021)—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced that it will deploy its own remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions across its franchise system throughout 30 states.
CLEARWATER & SARASOTA, Fla. (December 7, 2021)—Empath Health is pleased to announce Rhonda Sanders as its Chief Mission Access Officer, a senior-level position charged with helping Empath grow as a customer-driven organization and sparking growth in consumers, payers and referral sources for each service line.
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CHICAGO (December 2, 2021)—An Illinois woman was sentenced yesterday in the Northern District of Illinois to 56 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.3 million in restitution for her participation in a conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.
GILBERT, Ariz. (December 2, 2021)—SYNERGY HomeCare, a growing in-home care franchise, has announced a partnership with Ageless Innovation to offer Joy for All Companion Pets to combat social isolation and cognitive decline among older adults.
ATLANTA (December 1, 2021)—Aveanna Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a diversified home care platform focused on providing care to medically complex, high-cost patient populations, announced that it has successfully completed its acquisition of Accredited Home Care, a private duty services company based in Southern California, for a base purchase price of $180 million, plus up to $45 million subject to satisfaction of certain 2021 volume targets.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. (December 1, 2021)—CJ Star Enterprises is excited to announce that the WeCare4 website (wecare4.com) and social channels are now available for general use beginning with the community of stakeholders concerned with the aging. While a portion of the WeCare4 platform was soft-launched early last year, the in-home section of the Career Center and the Marketplace have now been released along with updates to the rest of the platform.