The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has named recipients of a $27.8 million fund designed to reduce falls among older adults, including nonprofit organizations that provide or support home care services. The fund includes three fall prevention programs totaling $27.8 million over three years. The money is earmarked to expand proven programs, […]
Category: Personal Home Care
Colorado’s Medicaid program has moved to terminate its provider agreement with home care provider FreedomCare of Colorado. The provider went from receiving about $1 million in Medicaid payments last year to nearly $22 million so far this year, according to the Colorado Sun. That spending increase drew scrutiny, but the grounds cited for termination center […]
Always Best Care Senior Services names new chief financial officer Always Best Care Senior Services has appointed Jason Shontz as its CFO. Shontz most recently served as vice president of finance for The Joint Corp (Nasdaq: JYNT), a chiropractic franchisor. He is charged with fostering sustainable franchise growth while prioritizing franchisee financial health. […]
Fresh off its buyout by global home care provider Dovida, A Place At Home is now poised to turn its buy-back franchising model into a greater part of its growth strategy. A Place At Home’s franchise model cultivates high-performing local operators and provides eventual exit ramps through corporate buybacks or joint ventures. Company leadership is […]
DAI closes on HCA Healthcare deal Deaconess Associations Incorporated (DAI) has closed on its acquisition of 24 home health locations and seven hospice locations from HCA Healthcare. The new agencies, which span eight states, have joined Central Pyramid, one of DAI’s four owned subsidiaries. DAI CEO Trey Crabb previously told Home Health Care News […]
Modivcare’s new CEO of personal care, Marsha Ramos, sees a Medicare home care benefit as a potential turning point for the personal home care industry. But even as attention around home care access grows, she said concerns about fraud, waste and abuse could threaten momentum behind the benefit. In the short term, however, the home-based […]
Nine months after being acquired by private equity firm Main Post Partners, HomeWell Care Services has set a new growth record for the company’s history, having sold 33 franchise deals thus far in 2026. The growth comes as the demand for home care has never been greater, CEO Crystal Franz told Home Health Care News […]
Processing and maintaining referrals, as well as developing channels to foster new ones, remain common choke points in home-based care. Referral-related challenges emerged as a common theme for operational bottlenecks, industry leaders told Home Health Care News. To ease these burdens, companies are trying out AI tools, clinician-led outreach and tightened relationships with franchise owner-operators. […]
Home Helpers Home Care promotes Bobby Kelley to chief development officer Home Helpers Home Care appointed Bobby Kelley, who joined the company in 2005, as chief development officer. Kelley previously served as a franchise consultant and vice president of franchise development. Kelley will now oversee the company’s franchise development sales team as CDO. “Bobby’s promotion […]
Last week, several large, publicly traded home-based care providers took the stage at the 2026 Jefferies Healthcare Services and Technology Conference, offering a back-to-back look at how the industry’s biggest operators are thinking about growth heading into 2027. Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: AVAH), Addus HomeCare Corp. (Nasdaq: ADUS) and the Pennant Group Inc. (Nasdaq: […]
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