OLD FORGE, Penn. (April 12, 2022)—Golden Technologies has made changes that will help the company offer faster lead times for power lift recliners. Golden has dropped lead times on in-stock chairs to just one week and custom build orders to just six weeks.
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WATERLOO, Iowa (April 12, 2022)—VGM & Associates is excited to welcome Boone Lockard, CRT, as the new director of VGM Respiratory. Lockard began his career as a respiratory therapist at Lehan Drugs and has more than 12 years of experience in the durable medical equipment (DME) industry. Lockard also worked on the manufacturer side with Philips Respironics for three years as a key account manager.
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill (April 12, 2022)—Advocate Aurora Enterprises (AAE) announced its acquisition of MobileHelp, a provider of remote patient monitoring capabilities and personal emergency response systems.
GREENVILLE, Miss. (April 8, 2022)—A federal jury convicted a Cleveland, Mississippi physician on charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud for his role in referring and certifying patients to hospice who were not terminally ill and should not have been placed on hospice care.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 7, 2022)—The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) sent a “Dear Provider” letter announcing an opportunity for providers to submit a Request to Report Late Due to Extenuating Circumstances for PRF Reporting Period 1 if one or more of the extenuating circumstances described below apply.
ST. LOUIS (April 6, 2022)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) is now accepting proposals to present new education at the 2020 Home Care and Hospice Conference & Expo in America's Center Convention Complex, St. Louis, Missouri, Oct.23-25, 2022.
The deadline for submissions is April 18, 2022.
PHOENIX (April 6, 2022)—Show organizers capped off day two of Medtrade West at the Phoenix Convention Center with the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Media.
The Providers’ Choice Gold went to My Crutches from SCS Direct, Trumbull, Conn. CEO Howard Greenspan calls My Crutches the world’s first fashion crutches.
“Breaking a leg isn’t fun,” said Greenspan. “Why make it worse with unsightly crutches?”
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (April 6, 2022)—Nonin Medical announced the appointment of five new members to the company’s board of directors. The new directors bring a diverse and unique set of experiences, along with a passion for growth and innovation in the medical device and health care sectors. Together, they will provide Nonin with strategic guidance and support the company’s continued growth.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 6, 2022)—Forcura, a health care technology company that enables safer patient care transitions and coordination, announced it has appointed David Kerr as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Kerr, who previously served as Forcura’s vice president of engineering, will be responsible for leading Forcura’s technology vision, enhancing existing offerings and bringing new digital capabilities to life.
PHOENIX, Arizona (April 5, 2022)—The three biggest issues facing home medical equipment (HME) providers in the coming year are really holdovers from 2021: the continuation of Philips Respironics’ device recall, the open-ended fate of competitive bidding and the question of when the public health emergency will end, experts said at Medtrade West.
SAN DIEGO and ROCKLIN, Calif. (April 5, 2022)—Luna, a provider of on-demand physical therapy, and Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego announced a partnership through which Luna will provide home-based outpatient physical therapy to Rady Children’s patients, greatly expanding patient access and ensuring continuity of care.
TYLER, Texas (April 5, 2022)—Choice Health at Home, LLC, a Texas-based multi-state provider of home health, hospice, private duty and rehabilitation services, announced the acquisitions of the Texas assets of Abiding Home Health. These agencies operate along the I-35 corridor from Dallas to San Antonio, and will serve to strengthen the home health service division for Choice in the region.
BALL GROUND, Ga. (April 5, 2022)—Two decades ago, oxygen users all over the world had two therapeutic options for mobility—gas cylinders or a portable liquid oxygen device. Many lived life tethered to an at-home oxygen source and were very limited in their ability to travel or maintain a healthy level of activity.
HARTFORD, Conn. (April 5, 2022)—CareCentrix, an independent home-centered company that coordinates care to the home for health plans, patients and providers, announced a rebrand of the Turn-Key Health palliative care solution to Serious Illness Care at Home, which provides a population health approach to home-based serious illness care. Turn-Key began providing palliative services nationally in 2016 and was acquired by CareCentrix in 2020.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 5, 2022)—The Biden-Harris Administration announced that more than 59 million Americans with Medicare Part B, including those enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, now have access to FDA approved, authorized or cleared over-the-counter COVID-19 tests at no cost. People with Medicare can get up to eight tests per calendar month from participating pharmacies and health care providers for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
ATLANTA (April 4, 2022)—Medtrade will consolidate into a single annual show beginning in 2023, ending a long-standing tradition of two events a year, officials announced Monday.
“We’re very, very excited. We think less is going to be more in ’23,” said Show Director York Schwab. “And we’re excited because we think some people who have been on the sidelines may come back with one event.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 1, 2022)—On Monday, March 28th, President Biden released a $5.8 trillion proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2023, which begins Oct. 1, 2022. While the White House budget is simply a request and Congress has final say on government spending, it does provide a window into the president’s priorities and where his administration wants to direct its efforts going forward.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 31, 2022)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a proposed rule (CMS1773-P) that would provide routine updates to hospice based payments and the aggregate cap amount for fiscal year (FY) 2023 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. This rule proposes to establish a permanent mitigation policy to smooth the impact of year-to-year changes in hospice payments related to changes in the hospice wage index.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 31, 2022)—Funding opens door for more than 20 states/territories to participate in Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person program, which has contributed billions to help seniors and people with disabilities safely transition from institutional care to independence in their homes and communities