Interim HealthCare acquires South Carolina franchise
Interim HealthCare has acquired its second largest franchise to bring its operations under corporate management.
The agreement took effect on January 1st. The franchise, called “Interim HealthCare of the Upstate,” cares for more than 3,000 patients each day and has about 800 employees, the company told Home Health Care News.
“This is an exciting milestone for Interim HealthCare and reflects the strength of our franchise network,” Lexanne Domico, president and CEO of Interim HealthCare, said in a statement. “This South Carolina franchise has built an exceptional reputation over 46 years, serving patients, customers and families with the same passion and commitment to quality that defines interim care across the country. Together, we deepen our shared purpose of providing excellent care and service to all of our customers every day.”
The deal also includes establishing a hospice location in Atlanta.
Domico previously told HHCN that the company aims to bring some franchises back under corporate control as franchise owners consider exit strategies.
“As a 60-year-old company, our network is a little bit older,” Domico says. “We are fortunate to have several franchise partners who are now running the business for three generations, and some of them are considering exit strategies because there is no one to take over. So I think we are at a crossroads, where we will look at whether we can buy back some of our stores and then also consider expanding with new stores.”
CareBestie raises $4.4 million
CareBestie, a home health technology company, has raised $4.4 million in a seed round led by TLV Partners with participation from strategic operators and healthcare leaders.
The funding round, announced Thursday, will be used to expand the company's U.S. footprint and serve more than 250,000 patients by 2026.
CareBestie, based in Brandon, Florida, offers voice-based AI technology that enables home health agencies to communicate with patients between visits and escalate patient needs to human teams when necessary.
One of the company's customers is Pinnacle Home Care. The company's CEO, Sean Spellberg, said the technology will improve staff efficiency.
“This is not about replacing the team,” Spellberg said in a statement. “This adds a new layer of patient engagement that allows agencies to understand when and where human intervention is actually needed. This fundamentally changes the way we deploy staff at scale.”
Bud Langham, a home health veteran and former executive vice president of Enhabit Home Health and Hospice, said in a statement that CareBestie will eliminate “blind spots” for agencies and provide greater clarity on patients' conditions.
Claim Health launches with $4.4 million in funding
Claim Health, a post-acute AI-enabled technology company, has raised $4.4 million in a seed round led by Maverick Ventures with participation from Peak XV, Y Combinator, DHVP, and executives from post-acute healthcare providers.
Founded in 2025, the company operates a revenue platform designed for home health, hospice, and personal care agencies to automate reception, authorization management, payment reconciliation, and other workflows.
“Post-acute care providers are under tremendous operational pressure, and nowhere is that pressure more evident than in revenue operations,” Kevin Calcado, co-founder and CEO of Claim Health, said in a statement. “Our goal is to remove the administrative friction that slows care and creates financial instability. We use AI to build systems that continuously operate in the background, allowing our teams to stay focused on our patients.”
The company's early customers include Ascend Health, Interim HealthCare, and Home Care RN.
“Post-acute care is a rapidly growing part of healthcare that lacks modern technology,” Maverick Ventures' Lexi Henkel said in a statement. “Kevin and JJ's history working together in venture-backed healthcare startups uniquely positions them to combine go-to-market leadership with product and engineering experience to build something new and lasting in this space.”
IntelyCare acquires CareRev
IntelyCare, a technology-enabled healthcare staffing platform, has acquired acute care staffing company CareRev.
The agreement will create a combined acute and post-acute care workforce platform, including a clinician job site, recruiter and sourcing solutions, internal resource pooling capabilities, and more.
“Health systems are under tremendous pressure to deliver high-quality care while managing an unprecedentedly complex workforce,” Matthew Levesque, CEO of IntelyCare and CareRev, said in a statement. “By integrating IntelyCare and CareRev, we are creating a more integrated and reliable way for facilities to manage permanent employees, internal resource pools, and temporary workers through a single technology platform.”
Both companies will continue to operate under their own brands and services.
