HomeCare News

NEW YORK (March 10, 2020)—FAIR Health launched a website feature that combines clinical and cost information to support seriously and chronically ill patients and their caregivers in the process of shared decision making (SDM) with clinicians for three palliative care scenarios.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 6, 2020)–The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) raised approximately $25,000 at its fundraising reception at Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas, Medtrade reported.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (March 6, 2020)--Robotic pets designed for an aging population were the big winner at the New Product Pavilion Providers' Choice Awards at Medtrade Spring.

The awards, which HomeCare sponsors, are given based on attendee voting at the event at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

ORLANDO, Fla. (March 5, 2020)–The Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has cancelled the 2020 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 4, 2020)—Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is announcing several actions aimed at limiting the spread of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Specifically, CMS is issuing a call to action to health care providers across the country to ensure they are implementing their infection control procedures, which they are required to maintain at all times.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 4, 2020)--As news outlets focus on nursing facilities' role in the spread of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), homecare disaster preparation consultants and the National Association for Homecare (NAHC) have released guidelines for home health care agencies. 

Las Vegas, Nev. (March 4, 2020)--The home medical equipment (HME) industry is well-positioned for success, and its leading advocacy group has made significant shifts in focus and goals to set up for it, AAHomecare President and CEO Tom Ryan said Wednesday.

Now it’s time for HME providers to step up and support the group’s broader mission, Ryan said at the association’s update session at Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas, Nev.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (Feb. 28, 2020)--Bonafide Medical Group announced that it has launched Eligibility Plus, a patient responsibility estimator, as part of its durable medical equipment (DME) business workflow management software.

Bonafide's Eligibility Plus generates real-time estimates of patients' out-of-pocket responsibility at the point of service. It allows DME providers to more easily explain what is owed and why. 

REXBURG, Idaho (Feb.

CHICAGO (February 27, 2020)--Prepared Health, an AI-powered care coordination platform, has changed its name to Dina.

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (Feb. 27, 2020) – Health technology company Royal Philips published its 2019 annual report this week, and in it said that the coronavirus outbreak in China is affecting both the company’s global supply chain and consumer demand there.

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Feb. 27, 2020) -- In a new study, the company Health at Scale found that its own artificial intelligence technology was able to partly predict whether people would visit the emergency room in the near future.

DALLAS (Feb. 26