Tag: Home health care
CMS announces moratorium on hospice, home health agency enrollments
May 13, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will implement a six-month, nationwide data-driven moratorium on new Medicare enrollment for hospices and home health agencies (HHAs).
CMS says the moratorium, which will temporarily halt the influx of new providers into these high-risk categories, continues the Trump Administration’s crackdown on fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare program.
“We’ve seen systemic and deeply troubling fraud in the hospice...
Coral, hot off investment, says, ‘We are just getting started'
April 20, 2026HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Coral, a health care automation platform built for durable medical equipment (DME) and other specialty providers, has announced a $12.5 million investment led by Lightspeed and Z47 to grow its team and enhance its products.
The platform connects to existing EHR systems, fax lines and payer portals and automates end-to-end administrative workflows.
“Every person in the health care system is being slowed down by the same thing: administrative work that was never built to...
CDRH launches ‘Idea Lab’
January 8, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) is unveiling an Idea Lab as part of the Home as a Health Care Hub initiative to help innovators, providers and patients reimagine the home as an integral part of the health care system. The Idea Lab includes a virtual reality prototype, named Lilypad, which will give users an immersive experience inside various affordable homes representative of people living with diabetes, a chronic condition that impacts millions of Americans. “We...
NAHC, NHPCO form new national alliance
September 11, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) have joined forces to from the National Alliance for Care at Home. The Alliance, which has a new logo, as well as an initial website, will carry forward the work of serving home care, home health, hospice and palliative care providers as they deliver patients the highest-quality care in their own homes and communities. “Providers offering various...
Axxess, CareAcademy facilitate learning
December 7, 2022HME News Staff
BOSTON and DALLAS – Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, has announced an integration partnership with CareAcademy, a provider of education to home health agencies, franchise systems and payers. The intergation, the companies say, increases learner knowledge for better health outcomes by enabling seamlessly access to CareAcademy’s training and compliance management platform from within the Axxess Training and Certification Program. “Interoperability is a critical...
Walgreens finalizes CareCentrix acquisition
August 31, 2022HME News Staff
DEERFIELD, Ill. – Walgreens Boots Alliance has completed its majority share acquisition of CareCentrix.
WBA announced in October 2021 that it planned to invest $330 million for a 55% stake in CareCentrix, as part of a plan to launch Walgreens Health.
“We created Walgreens Health to reimagine local health care and wellbeing for all,” said Roz Brewer, CEO, WBA. “This partnership advances our ability to address the needs of people across care settings immediately...
Optum buys home health provider
March 29, 2022HME News Staff
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., and LAFAYETTE, La. – Optum, part of UnitedHealth Group, has agreed to buy LHC Group, a home health provider, for $170 per share of common stock in a play to extend value-based care into the homes of patients.
LHC Group’s history of quality home and community-based care matched with Optum’s extensive value-based care experiences and resources will accelerate the combined company’s ability to deliver integrated care, improving outcomes and patient...
Humana rebrands home health division
March 7, 2022HME News Staff
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Humana has started to transition Kindred at Home’s home health division to the CenterWell Home Health Brand in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and North Carolina.
The insurer launched the CenterWell brand a year ago to represent its payer-agnostic health care service offerings.
“While the CenterWell Home Health brand is new, our commitment to high-quality, compassionate care is stronger than ever,” said Andy Agwunobi,...
WellSky taps former Cigna exec
September 9, 2021HME News Staff
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – WellSky has named Andy Eilert as president, emerging markets, where he will focus on enhancing WellSky’s provider software and analytics capabilities to optimize care and scale provider performance in emerging healthcare markets. Eilert has more than 25 years of experience in health care services and technology, most recently as president of post-acute, home, and emerging solutions at Evernorth, a division of Cigna. “Andy brings decades of experience and proven...
CareCentrix offers home health report
November 6, 2020HME News Staff
HARTFORD, Conn. - CareCentrix has published a report, “Health-at-Home 2020: The New Standard of Care Delivery,” that offers a deep dive into current attitudes about home health care and demonstrates why the trend toward care at home is in the best of interest of payers and patients. The report also includes perspectives from providers and policymakers who look at growing opportunities in home health care. Report highlights include: 95% of payers agree treatment at home is often more cost...