FRANKLIN, Mass. (July 20, 2021)—Dale Medical Products, Inc. has created a virtual space to allow clinicians, patients and purchasing/value analysis professionals the opportunity to learn about Dale products in a simulated setting. When visiting the Virtual Dale Medical Center, users can enter rooms by specialty to see products that are available for clinicians and their patients.
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Earlier this year, BLACK+DECKER entered the personal emergency response system (PERS) market with the launch of BLACK+DECKER Health. The home solutions manufacturer partnered with Medical Guardian to provide the goVia PERS devices and monitoring services to customers.
NEW YORK (JULY 20, 2021)—Healthify, a company that works with health care organizations to integrate social determinants of health (SDoH) into the health care ecosystem, and the Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY), one of the nation’s largest not-for-profit home and community-based health care organizations, announced a partnership to improve the health and well-being of patients throughout the New York Metropolitan Area by addressing vital social needs.
FRESNO, Calif. (July 20, 2021)—Packed with patented new features and a new frame design, the QUICKIE Nitrum ultra-light wheelchair has become a global phenomenon. In less than a month after launch, Nitrum was awarded "Retailer's Choice of the Year 2020" by one of the most influential European trade magazines, "THIIS" in the United Kingdom. The Nitrum’s brand new 3D visualizer on the Sunrise Medical website has attracted more than 30,000 users globally.
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (July 20, 2021)—MyWoundDoctor, a provider of virtual tech-enabled wound care services offered through a patent-pending AI-based process, announced a Series B investment from Claritas Capital, a Nashville-based private equity firm.
WASHINGTON, D.C (July 16, 2021)—The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and a group of like-minded organizations representing America's health providers have written a letter to Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), asking them to:
• oppose an extension of mandatory Medicare sequestration as a pay-for in any infrastructure package; and
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2021)—The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC)—a coalition of the nation's leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies—expressed concern in response to the Proposed Decision Memo for Home Use of Oxygen and Home Oxygen Use to Treat Cluster Headaches, which outlines proposed changes to documentation requirements put in place to protect providers and patient access by two National Coverage Determinations (NCDs) related to home oxygen.
BURKBURNETT, Texas (July 16, 2021)—HomeWell Care Services, franchised by HomeWell Franchising Inc., a non-medical in-home care franchisors, is featured this month in an episode of “Designing Spaces” focused on aging in place. The episode aired Friday, July 9, 2021, at 7:30 a.m. (ET) on Lifetime with an encore presentation airing on Friday, July 16 at 7:30 a.m. (ET). A stream of the episode is available at the Designing Spaces website.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 16, 2021)—Officials at LUCI and Sunrise Medical announce their partnership, which will soon make LUCI’s smart wheelchair technology available to thousands of new users of the popular QUICKIE line of power wheelchairs.
LARKSPUR, Calif. (July 16, 2021)—By the Bay Health (BTBH) announced the appointment of Amira Barger, Tracy Stempel Hogan and Greg LeClaire to the board of directors. These three new board appointments reflect the organization’s broadening services and expanding role serving the Bay Area with hospice care, palliative care, comfort care, grief counseling, pediatric care and skilled home health care services.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (July 15, 2021)—Mission Healthcare, one of California’s largest home health, hospice and palliative care providers, announced the acquisition of Northern California-based Healthy Living Network, a multi-state provider of home health.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (July 14, 2021)—Show organizers capped off day three of Medtrade West with the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Magazine.
Fifteen companies participated in this years’ product showcase, with products ranging from new apps to make evaluations simpler to pain relief devices. Attendees voted for their top choices. The winners are:
PHOENIX, Arizona (July 14, 2021)—Home medical equipment providers may need to wait as long as a year before the situation is back to normal on Philips Respironics CPAP devices, which have been put on hold due to a nationwide recall, according to the American Association for Homecare.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (July 13, 2021)—Numotion, a provider of products and services that provide mobility, health and personal independence, is pleased to announce that it has been named a “Best place to Work for Disability Inclusion” after receiving a score of 100 on the 2021 Disability Equality Index (DEI).
PITTSBURGH (July 13, 2021)—sovaSage Incorporated, a Pittsburgh based company, and Breathe LLC, a nationwide home sleep testing provider headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, proudly announce a partnership to incorporate the sovaSage TherapistAssist Sleep Assessment & Mask Fitting with the Breathe Diagnostics Home Sleep Test service.
WASHINGTON, DC (July 13, 2021)—As care workers, consumers and advocates rally on the capitol and in states across the country, LeadingAge reiterated its call for Congress to pass President Biden’s proposed historic investments in home and community-based services as well as in affordable housing—supported by large majorities of Americans from both parties—and to take vital steps to rebuild the aging services infrastructure older Americans desperately need.
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.
NEW YORK (July 13, 2021)—ArchCare, the Archdiocese of New York’s health care system that every day cares for more than 9,000 seniors, the poor and persons with special needs, announced that President and Chief Executive Officer Scott LaRue has been named to Crain’s New York “Notable in Health Care” list for 2021. This recognition honors C-suite leaders in the health care sector who have demonstrated a willingness to share their expertise with others in the field.
DALLAS, Texas (July 13, 2021)—Homecare Homebase (HCHB), a software for home-based care, announced a co-marketing partnership with nVoq Incorporated. HCHB is committed to becoming “better together” by encouraging clinicians to use nVoq’s accurate, secure speech-to-text technology in the office, on the g, or in the home when providing care. nVoq’s suite of leading-edge speech recognition solutions includes nVoq.Mobile Voice for the Android tablet, and nVoq.Voice for Windows users.
FORT WORTH, Texas (July 13, 2021)—Jet Health, Inc., a regional provider of home health and hospice services, announced the acquisition of Signal Home Health & Hospice, a San Antonio, Texas-based company. The acquisition marks Jet Health’s seventh acquisition and furthers the company’s strategy to build a premier home health and hospice provider across the western and southwestern United States.