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WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added 10 HCPCS codes to the list of those that require face-to-face encounter and a written order, bringing the total up to 63 codes, according to VGM Government Relations.
The new codes, all for back, knee and ankle or foot braces, are:
LOS ANGELES—The founders of Clear Health Advisors, Byrdie Lifson Pompan and Valerie Ulene, have launched Boom Home Medical, a company with a mission to radically reinvent home medical products with beautifully designed, highly functional and easy-to-use products that empower people to care for themselves with dignity.
BALL GROUND, Georgia—CAIRE Inc., a global manufacturer of oxygen therapy and on-site generation systems, has finalized the acquisition of St. Paul, Minnesota-based MGC Diagnostics Holdings, Inc. (MGC). This acquisition strengthens CAIRE’s position and focus on diagnostic technologies — furthering expanding its expertise in serving patients throughout the progression of pulmonary disease, the company said in a news release.
ERLANGER, Kentucky—Adaptive Imports has a new president and clinical director: Melissa “Missy” Tally.
Tally will oversee the United States sales and distribution of complex rehabilitation equipment brands including: Jenx, Hoggi, Krabat, SafeSpaces and HeadOvations. She will will focus on support for Adaptive Imports’ national team of independent sales representatives, customers, assistive technology professionals (ATPs), clinicians and referral sources.
AMSTERDAM—Royal Philips has provided new test results for first-generation DreamStation devices (about 68% of registered devices globally) affected by the voluntary recall notification/field safety notice and is encouraging health care providers and patients to consult the update while making decisions.
BOULDER, Colorado (December 2, 2022)—Quality Biomedical, a biomedical equipment management service provider to the post-acute and home medical equipment (HME) markets, has released a new technology to help HME and clinical providers solve one of the biggest problems related to respiratory equipment service.
ORLANDO, Florida (November 28, 2022)—Portable oxygen concentrator maker OxyGo today announced the launch of its new sleep line, complete with a web-based compliance program that allows providers to manage OxyGo CPAP patients.
MINNEAPOLIS (November 18, 2022)—Coloplast’s SpeediCath Flex Set catheter developed for people living with bladder and urinary problems is now cleared in the U.S. and will be launched in November 2022.
DURYEA, Pennsylvania (November 15, 2022)—Quantum Rehab has introduced a new positioning system, the TRU-Balance 4 Power Positioning Systems with anterior tilt.
TRU-Balance 4 Power Positioning provides a choice of 10, 20, or 30 degrees of power anterior tilt. This provides optimal access and consumers may find it easier to perform activities of daily living, such as accessing sinks, grooming, reaching items in cupboards, doing laundry and more.
ATLANTA (October 26, 2022)—Products for women took the top two spots in the Medtrade New Product Pavilion Provider’s Choice Awards today, followed by a new portable standing-assistance system. HomeCare Media sponsors the honors, which are selected by attendees to the show, most of them providers of durable medical equipment (DME).
ST. PAUL, Minn. (October 13, 2022)—3M Health Care's Medical Solutions Division announced its 3M V.A.C. Therapy negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has surpassed a clinical evidence milestone of 2,000 published, peer-reviewed medical journal studies. V.A.C. Therapy is the first and only NPWT solution to garner this number of published studies about its therapy. It is backed by more clinical data than any other brand, accounting for more than 75% of published NPWT clinical evidence.
DURYEA, Penn. (September 23, 2022)—Quantum Rehab has entered into a multiyear sponsorship of Team Gleason Foundation which includes a commitment that no person living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) goes without power seat elevation such as iLevel.
PITTSBURGH & CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (September 23, 2022)—Philips RS North America LLC, formerly known as Respironics, Inc., a nationwide manufacturer of sleep and respiratory durable medical equipment (DME), has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle allegations that it unlawfully induced referrals for its equipment in violation of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind (September 20, 2022)—DMEscripts LLC, an industry-owned e-prescribing platform that digitally connects a national network of medical prescribers with durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers, announced the addition of John Brady as chief executive officer and Frank Schools as chief financial officer.
