Utah-based Evolve Emod, LLC, has inked a new agreement with one of Delaware’s major Medicaid Managed Care Plans to manage the minor home modification benefit for Delaware residents. The agreement will open up new options in safety and accessibility to help beneficiaries “age in place” rather than move into a nursing home or assisted-living facility. It also shows that the word is out about how effective Evolve’s innovative service platform is in bringing together benefits administrators, qualified contractors, and people who need help, said Spike Cheever, director of business development for Evolve. “The humbling and exciting thing about this new agreement is that Highmark approached us,” said Cheever.

Delaware is small, but don’t make the mistake of assuming that means there’s not much going on there. The First State is America’s second-smallest by area (it’s 1,982 square miles, with only Rhode Island being smaller—compare that to the largest state, Alaska, which has 570,641 square miles), and the sixth-least populous, with about 990,000 people. But get this: it’s also the sixth-most densely populated state, at 93 residents per square mile (Alaska’s density: 1.28 residents per square mile). And its services for aging or disabled people who want to live independently for as long as possible are pretty big, offering …