ASHEVILLE, N.C. (December 04, 2019)—Aeroflow Healthcare, a durable medical equipment (DME) provider, announced a strategic partnership with MTI America, a health care solutions leader specializing in worker’s compensation programs since 1992.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 3, 2019)—In mid-November, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-Massachusetts) and Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) announced a Request for Information (RFI) soliciting input to inform the Rural and Underserved Communities Health Task Force as it works to develop bipartisan legislation to improve health care outcomes within underserved communities.
SUNRISE, Fla. (December 3, 2019)—Caring Brands International (CBI), a franchiser of global home health care services, announced the appointment of Carolina Lobo as EVP of People and Brand of CBI and its subsidiaries Interim HealthCare Inc. (in the U.S.), Bluebird Care (in the U.K. and Ireland) and Just Better Care (in Australia) effective immediately.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (December 3, 2019)—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is pleased to announce John Kenney, MURP, BOCO as the 2019 recipient of the Jim Newberry Award for Extraordinary Service. James “Jim” L. Hewlett, BOCO, past Newberry Award winner and former chair of BOC’s board of directors, nominated Kenney.
SUNRISE, Fla. (December 3, 2019)—Interim HealthCare Inc., a national franchiser of homecare, hospice and health care staffing, is a silver winner of the 2019 Workforce: Optimas Awards. Selected for its multi-pronged approach to building a strong workforce. Interim HealthCare’s commitment to this initiative is first and foremost to help combat the nation’s caregiver shortage. By 2025, the United States will need to hire 2.5 million new health care workers to care for its aging population.
OLD FORGE, Penn. (December 3, 2019)—Golden Technologies is supporting its local community by donating several luxury power lift recliners to The Arc of Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) for the enjoyment of consumers participating in their day programs. The Arc is dedicated to advocating for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
WATERLOO, Iowa (December 3, 2019)—VGM Government Relations has updated their communications and brand to streamline the way they provide information to their members.
LEBANON, Tenn. (December 2, 2019)—Permobil announced that Charles ‘Chuck’ Witkowski, II has been named its Executive Vice President (EVP) Business Region (BR) Americas.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (December 2, 2019)—Bonafide Medical Group announced that it has partnered with EMist to provide the EPIX360, a new handheld disinfectant sprayer, as part of its Bac-Track solution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 26, 2019)—The National Quality Forum (NQF) recently posted the list of Measures Under Consideration (MUC) for future use in the hospice quality reporting program (HQRP) and the home health quality reporting program (HHQRP). The list is released annually, and there is an opportunity for stakeholder comment. In fact, comments were due Nov. 25, 2019.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (November 26, 2019)—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is pleased to welcome Joshua A. Bressler, COF, CDME as its new survey process specialist.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (November 26, 2019)—Casamba, one of the largest providers of electronic medical records (EMR) for home health and hospice, has been at least partly offline due to a malware attack, officials said.
BOSTON (November 25, 2019)—Seniorlink, Inc., a tech-enabled health services company, has launched its fourth annual #thankacaregiver campaign to increase awareness and support of family caregivers in Georgia, and throughout the United States. The campaign is part of Seniorlink's continued commitment to honor family caregivers during the month of November, National Family Caregiver's Month.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 22, 2019)—The Office of Inspector General (OIG) recently conducted an audit of hospice organizations to check on the quality of hospice care and ensure registered nurses were conducting visits every 14 days. Below is a summary of the findings. The full report is found here.
CARLSBAD, Calif., (November 22, 2019)—To help mobile health and wellness dealers grow their business, Nortek Security & Control LLC announced the appointment of five new monitoring service providers for the Numera Libris 2—the next generation of its popular mobile personal emergency response, fall detection solution (mPERS).
SAN FRANCISCO (November 22, 2019)—WHILL, makers of the Model Ci and Model A Intelligent Personal Electric Vehicles (EVs), announced the trials of its autonomous driving Personal EVs at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) and Winnipeg Richardson International Airport (YWG) as an initiative to further the current mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) model worldwide.
MCKINNEY, Texas (November 22, 2019)—Soleo Health, a provider of specialty infusion services, announced its acquisition of Paragon Infusion Therapy's pharmacy business, located in Dayton, Ohio.
Paragon, through its Dayton pharmacy location, provides specialty pharmacy services to patients throughout Southeast Ohio and statewide in both Indiana and Kentucky.
ATLANTA (November 21, 2019)—Trella Health, a source for current and complete post-acute outcomes data and performance analytics, published its most recent Industry Trend Report and released a new quarterly data set. Trella customers now have access to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) claims data through the second quarter of 2019.
NEW YORK (November 21, 2019)—Mavencare, a homecare technology company, announced the launch of Mavencare Plus, its digital partner solution aimed at increasing efficiency and facilitating better communication between Mavencare and payer partners. This HIPAA compliant portal gives care managers access to critical real-time patient information saving time, promoting better care coordination and improving health outcomes for Mavencare homecare patients.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 20, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued Change Request (CR) 11527, which includes further updates to the Claims Processing Manual, chapter 10, related to the Patient Driven Groupings Model (PDGM).