WASHINGTON—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and VGM are partnering on a new virtual advocacy event to bolster awareness and support for active Medicare reimbursement legislation as Congress enters final legislative weeks of the year. The Virtual Hill Day, set for Nov. 13, will reinforce the virtual advocacy effort from just a few weeks ago with a focus on reaching targeted members on committees of jurisdiction for federal healthcare finance issues.
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The University of Pittsburgh grant supports clinicians with post-doctoral fellowships to advance their careers in assistive technology practice, research and policy.
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania—The University of Pittsburgh Rehabilitation Science and Technology Department has received a five-year grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research to support clinicians with post-doctoral fellowships to advance their careers in assistive technology practice, research and policy.
WATERLOO, Iowa—The future of the home medical equipment (HME) industry looks bright—but that doesn’t mean it’s without challenges, experts said as they gathered in Iowa for the Heartland Conference.
Survey findings will help guide Association’s comprehensive strategic planning process
AAHomecare has opened its strategic priorities survey and seeks from input all areas of the home medical equipment sector (HME). The survey is designed to capture perspectives from HME suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, service providers to the HME industry and HME association executives. It will remain open through May 12.
Preference for post-acute care (PAC) interoperability up from 74% in 2021, 60% in 2019
Nearly every U.S. hospital and physician entity is more likely to refer patients to a post-acute care (PAC) provider that can support electronic data exchange, according to the latest leading independent survey on interoperability, commissioned by Brightree and MatrixCare, wholly owned subsidiaries of ResMed.
DALLAS—Securing better reimbursement rates and moving to new technologies like eprescribing are the top priorities for home medical equipment (HME)advocates in 2023, industry leaders said March 30 at Medtrade, the country’s largest HME conference and tradeshow.
MARIETTA, Georgia—SageHome Inc., the aging-in-place specialist, announced it has expanded to four new states in partnership with Kohler Co. The expansion, covering Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi, completes a year of achievements for the company and will form the springboard for SageHome's growth and expansion plans in 2023, the company said.
WATERLOO, Iowa— VGM and Associates has released its first playbook of the year, “VGM Playbook: Forecasting 2023.”
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pennsylvania—ECRI, a nonprofit organization focused on technology evaluation and safety in health care, said that the nation's most pressing health technology safety issue for 2023 is gaps with recalls of home medical equipment (HME).
"Recall notices for home-use products often do not reach users, placing patients at serious risk of harm," the organization said in its new report, "Top 10 Health Technology Hazards."
OAKLAND, California—Rx Redefined, a tech-enabled provider of medical supply services for group practices, announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. The platform allows physicians to directly order and fulfill the supplies they believe are in the patient's best interest, thereby reducing handoffs and improving the patient experience.
WASHINGTON (December 20, 2022)—Most of the providers who were enrolled in Medicare under COVID-19-related waivers and then had their enrollments revoked were durable medical equipment, prosthetics and orthotics (DMEPOS) suppliers, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
NEW YORK (December 8, 2022)—Home-based health care technology company Tomorrow Health announced it has fully automated the order lifecycle for the full spectrum of durable medical equipment (DME) codes.
WASHINGTON (December 2, 2022)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have published a new Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment LCD and related
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (April 25, 2022)—Philips expects to produce and ship more than 90% of new or repaired devices to consumers to replace their recalled CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilators by the end of 2022, the company said Monday.
PHOENIX, Arizona (April 7, 2022)--Rising costs of materials, shipping, labor and gasoline will continue to hurt home medical equipment (HME) providers, especially if Washington won’t raise reimbursement rates, advocates and experts said at Medtrade West this week.
PHOENIX, Arizona (July 13, 2021)—A number of legal and government entities will be hunting for fraud around COVID-19 relief programs, and the health care sector—the largest recipient of first-draw Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans—is dead in their sights.
ELYRIA, Ohio (April 14, 2020)--Demand for respiratory products, beds and therapeutic support surfaces are all up during the COVID-19 health emergency, Invacare's head said in a news release, while seating and mobility products are expected to see a decline in orders.
Legislative efforts and new tools coming
Registration is now open to all suppliers interested in participating in Round 1 2017 of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program. In order to submit a bid, you are required to register in CMS' Enterprise Identity Management (EIDM) system to obtain a user ID and password to access the online DMEPOS bidding system (DBidS).