Oklahoma State University announced a partnership with hybrid primary care provider Rezilient Health to provide eligible faculty and staff access to the company’s CloudClinics to deliver primary care and multi-specialty care. Rezilient offers preventative care, chronic disease management, care coordination services for wellness, health education and resources, a network of care providers (including specialists), and primary care. OCU-Stillwater and Langston University faculty, staff and their dependents age 7 or older who enroll in a BlueOptions PPO or BlueEdge HDHP health care plan and live within 30 miles of Stillwater can receive services from technology-enabled providers. “Partnering with Resilient gives our…
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Doccla, a provider of virtual ward and remote patient monitoring services, has secured £35 million ($38.6 million) in an oversubscribed Series B funding round. The round was led by Lakestar, with participation from Elaia and existing investors General Catalyst (which led Dokla’s Series A round in 2022), SpeedInvest and Bertelsmann Investments (which co-led Dokla’s 2021 seed round along with Giant Ventures). Oliver Heimes, a partner at Lakestar, will join Doccla’s board of directors. What it does Doccla offers virtual care and research services, including patient onboarding, compliance and clinical monitoring, and logistics management. The London-based company plans to use the…
New Jersey-based nutritional supplement supplier The Vitamin Shoppe announced it has partnered with Marius Pharmaceuticals to expand its recently launched Whole Health Rx telehealth service offerings to provide Kyzatrex CII capsules to men with low or no testosterone levels. Whole Health Rx allows users to receive an online medical assessment and access guidance on GLP-1, nutritional support, educational resources and lifestyle practices. The platform is powered by WellSync, which customizes the virtual care platform to fit a company’s needs. FDA-approved Kyzatrex CII capsules are an oral testosterone replacement therapy aimed at helping men with certain medical conditions reach their desired…
While home care leaders haven’t been able to completely eliminate turnover, some have adopted creative solutions that are making a difference. Companies like Griswold Home Care and Senior Solutions Home Care have begun to use automation, gamification, and more. According to Ava CEO Victor Hunt, one of the reasons healthcare providers continue to struggle with turnover is that they haven’t placed enough emphasis on preventing it. “We really have to focus on the avoidable attrition, the people who go to other agencies,” he said during a recent panel discussion at Home Health Care News’ FUTURE conference last week. “Those are…
As New York State faces many challenges recently that directly impact the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP), including Governor Hockal’s FY 2025 budget and efforts to reduce Medicaid spending, it seems the only constant in the state is change. Home Healthcare News recently spoke with Evan Ostrowski, CEO of Special Touch Homecare, about the company’s 40-year history, service to 150,000 patients, its expansion into New York’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPAP) as a financial intermediary, and how he expects the company to thrive amid these changes. Below is that conversation, edited for length and clarity. Subscribe to…
Contrary to what some may have heard, the organization providing home health and hospice care in the three counties is not scheduled to close, but some changes are being made.According to Memorial Health System in Abilene, Home Health & Hospice of Dickinson County (HH&H) has been serving a wide area of Dickinson, Morris and Marion counties for many years, and there is no question that the services they provide are greatly needed, and this is especially true in rural Kansas counties.HH&H is a strong supporter of Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) waivers and has participated for many years in the…
Wildland Fire near Yates Center in Kansas will stop traffic. Copyright 2025 by Koam News Now. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. This material will not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Yates Center, Kansas (KOAM) – A fire was reported throughout Woodson County late Friday afternoon.We have confirmed that the North Hall at Yates Center Health & Rehabilitation, a nursing home, is burning on Highway 75 and 150th Avenue.”Pray for our small town. Prayers for our firefighters and volunteers. The nursing home is on fire… Everyone is safe.”- Debbie Bishop Morrison Comb's Mitch Adams in the Yates Center scene…
Copyright 2025 by Koam News Now. Unauthorized reproduction is prohibited. This material will not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. YATES CENTER (KOAM) in YATES CENTER, Kansas – Community Leaders held a press conference highlighting the heroic courage of YATES CENTER staff and first responders during a massive fire last Friday.Leaders want to express how grateful they are for their community and rebuild a stronger, modern nursing home.”I went out and said it was really smoky,” says Carly Stinnett, occupational therapy assistant at Yates Center Health and Rehabilitation.Stinnett and her colleague Jocelyn Miller, an assistant physiotherapist, share the…
Madison, Wisconsin – That's what a 54-year-old man from Hartford. He sentenced to three years of initial confinement and five years of supervision, and extended the supervision to steal employee 401(k) funds. The Wisconsin Department of Justice announced Tuesday.Shone M. Bagley was found to have been stolen in December last year by a Waukesha County ju apprentice as an office, business or trustee.The court ordered Bagley to pay the victims the full amount and prevented them from contacting them once they were released from prison.Bagley must also be evaluated for mental health and not trusted to another person's money after…
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania-based home care agency has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $129,697 in back wages to 66 caregivers. Blue Ridge HomeCare, based in Philadelphia and Dover, Delaware, was ordered to pay back wages and damages after an investigation found that the company knowingly denied overtime pay to 66 home care workers. Additionally, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ordered the company to pay $49,434 in civil penalties to the U.S. Department of Labor. Prior to the judgment, the Department of Labor said Blue Ridge had already paid $100,000 in…