DUNEDIN, Florida—One Health Direct (OHD) provides chronic patients of their partner durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers with a complete system to get qualified for and receive their desired treatment options and ongoing supplies, without the need to leave their homes. OHD said avoiding the exposure risks associated with going into clinics and facilities is a major benefit for patients suffering from illnesses that weaken the immune system, such as diabetes.
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Tamara Yvonne Motley was found guilty by a federal jury of 20 counts of health care fraud
LOS ANGELES—A South Bay woman was found guilty on Tuesday, June 27 of nearly two dozen felonies for billing Medicare more than $24 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment—mostly power wheelchairs (PWC)—and PWC repairs, many of which were never performed.
Beating Option's previous all-stock transaction, Optum's $3.3B all-cash transaction won the bid
Optum, UnitedHealth Group's health care provider, beat Option to the punch in acquiring Amedisys, one of the largest home health companies, in an all-cash transaction valued around $3.3 billion.
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ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan—InfuSystem Holdings, Inc. (NYSE American: INFU), a national health care service provider, facilitating outpatient care for durable medical equipment (DME) manufacturers and health care providers, announced it is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000 Index at the conclusion of the 2023 Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the U.S. market opens on June 26.
The partnership is part of Walmart’s commitment to make wellness offerings more accessible and affordable for communities nationwide
FREMONT, California—Simple HealthKit announced it has teamed up with Walmart to make Simple HealthKit’s at-home HbA1c (diabetes), respiratory wellness and sexual wellness tests available at Walmart.com*.
Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against agency for misclassifying workers as independent contractors
OAKLAND, California—California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County, against Care Specialist HCS Inc., formerly doing business as TLC Home Care Services, and its prior operators, accusing the company and its operators of misclassifying in-home care workers as independent contractors instead of employees in direct
SPARTANBURG, South Carolina—RedSail Technologies, LLC, developer of Axys, announced its integration with Eldermark, a provider of senior living software. This collaboration aims to deliver enhanced care, operational efficiency and improved financial outcomes for senior living communities.
The bill is designed to address deep cuts made to home health by CMS during the implementation of the Medicare home health payment system
The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (the Partnership) commended Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) for introducing the Preserving Access to Home Health Act of 2023 to safeguard access to essential home-based, clinically advanced health care services by preventing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) from implementing dire cuts of negative -7.85% to the Medicare Home Health
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NEWTOWN, Pennsylvania—Helius Medical Technologies, Inc., a neurotech company focused on delivering a novel therapeutic neuromodulation approach for balance and gait deficits, announced its Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS) device has been awarded durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) accreditation by The Compliance Team (TCT), which is authorized by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to accredit all DMEPOS products and services.
CINCINNATI—Quipt Home Medical Corp. (“Quipt” or "the company”), a U.S.-based home medical equipment (HME) provider, focused on end-to-end respiratory care, announced it has received final approval to list its common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) and will commence trading on the TSX at market open on June 21, under the symbol “QIPT”.
CHICAGO—In partnership with ZeniMedical, Sunset is introducing a simple, effective and affordable wound care product line to aid in the delivery of optimal patient care while reducing costs.
ZeniMedical offers a wide range of foam, composite, hydrocolloid, alginate and collagen dressings in multiple sizes with or without borders.
Pennant continues to pursue opportunities to acquire high-quality home health, hospice and senior living businesses throughout the United States.
EAGLE, Idaho—The Pennant Group, Inc., the parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice, homecare and senior living companies, announced it has acquired Bluebird Home Health, Bluebird Hospice and Bluebird Home Care (“Bluebird”), which provides skilled home health, private duty and hospice services across Southwestern Idaho.
Agenda health provides customized strategies to achieve business objectives
DALLAS—Through a new partnership between Axxess, a technology innovator for health care at home, and Agenda Health, a health care mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm, Axxess clients can obtain M&A consultations to achieve their strategic business goals. Agenda Health uses a targeted matching approach that aligns with buying, selling or growing revenue.
MSF has implemented Celo Health’s Secure Messaging App across thousands of users on global humanitarian projects
SEATTLE—Celo Health, a provider of a secure, globally-compliant messaging platform for health care providers, announced it has deployed its messaging app throughout Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) health care operations in 87 countries.
Quality Biomedical will provide warranty service, preventive maintenance, training and out-of-warranty repairs for Flight Medical’s line of Flight-60 ventilators.
BOULDER, Colorado, and WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina—Quality Biomedical, a biomedical equipment management service provider to the post-acute and home medical equipment (HME) markets, and Flight Medical, a provider of single and dual patient circuit limb ventilators have announced an exclusive national service and parts distribution agreement.
AAHomecare and the ALS Association met with CMS Part C leadership to share concerns about authorization challenges for medically necessary NIV devices
In a newsletter, AAHomecare (AAHC) announced it and the ALS Association met with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Part C leadership to share concerns about ongoing authorization challenges for medically necessary non-invasive ventilator (NIV) devices by Medicare Advantage (MA) payers. Access to these ventilator systems is especially important for individuals with significant neuromuscular diseases such as ALS.
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.
The collaboration is designed to improve access to health care and reduce the total cost of care for patients throughout Atlanta, Georgia and surrounding communities.
DENVER and ATLANTA—Emory Healthcare and DispatchHealth are collaborating to offer patients a new option to receive convenient and safe follow-up and/or high-acuity medical care in the comfort of their own homes.
Average annual growth in national health spending over the next decade projected to be 5.4%
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of the Actuary released projections of National Health Expenditures (NHE) and health insurance enrollment for the years 2022-2031.
The service expansion adds hospice care and grief support to a wide range of offerings
MICHIGAN—Aspirus At Home has expanded services in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (U.P.) to give residents of Iron County and the surrounding area greater local access to hospice care.
The service expansion adds hospice care and grief support to the wide range of offerings already provided by Aspirus At Home in the U.P. to meet the needs of patients wherever they are in their health care journey.