Qualcomm, Hughes Telematics and American Medical Alert Team Up For New PERS

Hughes Telematics, Inc. (“HTI”), (OTCBB: HUTC)(OTCBB: HUTCW), Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) and American Medical Alert Corp. (Nasdaq: AMAC) recently announced a joint venture to deliver mobile health services through Lifecomm LLC. The entity, formed with cash and in-kind contributions by the parties, will operate as a majority-owned subsidiary of HTI and plans to launch a […]

Gentiva Announces Acquisition of Odyssey HealthCare For Nearly $1 Billion

Gentiva Health Services (Nasdaq: GTIV) announced that it has agreed to acquire Odyssey HealthCare (Nasdaq: ODSY) for approximately $1 billion that will create the largest US healthcare provider focused on home health and hospice services in the US, with a combined average daily patient census of approximately 14,000 and operations in 30 states.  The combination […]

National Senior Fitness Day Is Wednesday May 26

National Senior Fitness Day is this Wednesday, May 26 and many communities are celebrating by participating in various special event by over 100,000 older adults at more than 1,000 locations throughout the United States.  In its 17th year, National Senior Fitness Day is the nation’s largest health promotion event for older adults and is organized […]

MEDCottage ‘Granny Pod’ Getting Attention in Virginia

The Reverend Kenneth Dupin, leader of a small Methodist church in Sale, Virginia, is getting a lot of attention lately for his invention called MEDcottage.  The invention is a portable dwelling unit that could be moved into a family’s back yard and used to shelter a loved one in need of special care.  The company, […]

FineThanx Debuts Low-Tech Elder Check-in Service

A new low-tech elder monitoring service called FineThanx recently made its debut that utilizes only the existing phone system at home.  The system calls twice a day find out how an aging loved one is doing and reports the response or lack thereof in either case.  The automated phone service checks in with seniors once […]

HHS Awards Funding to Establish Research Center on Disability Services, Care Coordination

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Disability recently announced the award of over $6 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, to establish a Center of Excellence in Research on Disability Services, Care Coordination and Integration.  The contract was awarded to Mathematica Policy Research for a two-year period […]