MINNEAPOLIS—Best Buy announced it will begin selling continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) via prescription and deliver them to homes.
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WASHINGTON—The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) isn’t satisfied with the recall of CPAP and respiratory devices from Philips Respironics and has urged the company to conduct more testing.
This acquisition extends SageHome’s operations into Texas and across the South
ATLANTA—SageHome, a provider of aging-in-place bath remodeling services in the United States, announced its acquisition of Safe Showers LLC. This acquisition extends SageHome’s operations into Texas and across the South and reflects a step change in the company’s acquisition activity.
Pinnacle Home Care Employees can work today & get paid today thanks to on-demand pay employee benefit, DailyPay
NEW YORK—In a groundbreaking collaboration, Pinnacle Home Care, a provider of home care services in Florida, has partnered with DailyPay—a provider of on-demand pay. This alliance introduces a new benefit to Pinnacle Home Care's rewards package.
Three individuals defrauded Medicare by billing for home health therapy services that were never rendered
MIAMI—A federal jury in Miami convicted a Florida man and woman for their roles in a conspiracy to defraud Medicare by billing more than $93 million for home health therapy services that were never rendered.
Trella's new Marketscape CRM for HME and Infusion provides one source for organizations looking to accelerate sales activity, enhance productivity & achieve their business goals
ATLANTA—Trella Health, a provider of home medical equipment (HME) and infusion growth and productivity solutions, announced the release of its new integrated Marketscape customer relationship management (CRM) for HME and infusion organizations. Trella customers will gain a unified user experience that brings together strategy, planning, sales execution and performance insights.
Partnership provides medical transportation, & agrees to collaborate on remote patient monitoring initiatives in Philadelphia
NEW YORK—DocGo Inc.
Friday, Oct. 6 was the last day the National Supplier Clearinghouse accepted appeals and rebuttals.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that beginning Monday, Oct. 9, 2023, all durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) provider enrollment appeals and rebuttals should be sent to
SpinKids is a kid-only shopping experience to meet the mobility & equipment needs of pediatric users & their parents
BRENTWOOD, Tennessee—Numotion, a provider of products and services that provide mobility, health and personal independence, announced the official launch of SpinKids, a brand dedicated to the mobility and equipment needs of the pediatric market. SpinKids.com is the newest segment of SpinLife.com an online retail durable medical equipment (DME) market for those looking to maintain an active and in
The next generation in enteral feeding, Kangaroo OMNI delivers nutrition and hydration from hospital to home
DUBLIN, Ohio—Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) announced the U.S. launch of its Kangaroo OMNI Enteral Feeding Pump, designed to help provide enteral feeding patients with more options to meet their personalized needs throughout their enteral feeding journey.
The new DocuTrack interface offers Mediprocity features that Redsail said provide instant, HIPAA-secure collaboration
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—RedSail Technologies announced an enhanced user experience for customers of its product, DocuTrack, thanks to a partnership with Mediprocity. The new DocuTrack interface offers Mediprocity features that Redsail said provide instant, HIPAA-secure collaboration among various health care professionals—including pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, nurse teams prescribers and determination of needs (DONs).
Company commits to annually filing all future pay data reports aimed at combatting gender and racial wage gaps
SACRAMENTO, California—The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) announced securing a nearly $100,000 settlement to resolve a lawsuit filed against Cambrian Homecare, Inc. (Cambrian Homecare) in July over the company’s alleged failure to report employee pay data.
The combined business provides skilled nursing and non-medical respite care to pediatric and adult patients in their homes
NEW YORK—Firmament, a provider of structured equity and debt capital solutions to small- and medium-sized enterprises, announced an investment in Prime Providers ("Prime" or the "Company"), to support the Company's acquisition of Right Choice In-Home Care ("Right Choice"). Prime is a home-based health care organization providing private-duty nursing, applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy and related services to patients across California.
New collaboration will help drive access for home medical equipment providers to first-of-its kind technology for home dialysis
WHITMORE LAKE, Michigan—Trace Medical, a provider of advanced respiratory rentals and biomedical services, has announced a long-term distribution agreement with Outset Medical to rent the Tablo Hemodialysis System to home medical equipment (HME) providers.
As part of this agreement, Trace Medical will leverage its national distribution network to offer HME providers exclusive access to rent Tablo and meet the growing demand of dialysis patients seeking treatment at home.
WASHINGTON—The Halifax Group (Halifax), a middle market private equity firm that partners with management to invest in market-leading companies, announced that it has agreed to acquire the Worldwide Home Care division of Sodexo, (company), including its home care subsidiaries in the U.S., U.K., Ireland, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Brazil.
The U.S. alleged Cigna reported diagnosis codes that were based solely on forms completed by vendors retained and paid by Cigna to conduct in-home assessments of plan members
The Cigna Group, headquartered in Connecticut, has agreed to pay $172,294,350 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting and failing to withdraw inaccurate and untruthful diagnosis codes for its Medicare Advantage Plan enrollees in order to increase its payments from Medicare.
The announcement comes on the heels of Elara's recent acquisition of Assisted Daily Living in Rhode Island
DALLAS—Elara Caring, a full-scale, multi-state home health provider of clinical and personalized services, has acquired American Family Home Health, a 35-person, privately owned skilled home health care provider in Huntley, Illinois, within Winnebago County.
This acquisition marks an expansion of Sunrise Medical's custom seating offerings, clinical expertise and service capabilities
MALSCH, Germany—Sunrise Medical, a provider of advanced assistive mobility solutions, announced its strategic acquisition of Ride Designs, a provider of custom seating systems for wheelchair riders. This acquisition marks an expansion of Sunrise Medical's custom seating offerings, clinical expertise and service capabilities.
Legree will take over primary management for several of the Association’s councils
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) added another home medical equipment (HME) industry veteran to the team. Stephanie Legree was named to a newly created project manager position. Legree has more than 20 years of experience at Binson’s Home Health Care in progressively responsible positions, including her most recent role as co-director of the business office and vice president of government affairs.
Local dignitaries, customers and Medline employees gathered to celebrate Medline’s new Salt Lake City distribution center
NORTHFIELD, Illinois—Medline celebrated its now fully operational 710,000-square-foot distribution center in Salt Lake City, Utah. To commemorate the milestone, local dignitaries, Cairo Wasfy, chief resource officer of Ardent Health Services, representatives from Medline and other major hospitals and health care providers in the region participated in an event, including a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony and facility tours.