EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. and DARTMOUTH, Mass. (April 6, 2017)—Care Resource, an East Providence-based home health agency, homecare and medical supply company serving Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts, announces its staff is now using TigerText, a secure, HIPAA-compliant text messaging application that enables mobile collaboration and communication amongst physicians, nurses and clinicians.
—Via AAHomecare WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 5, 2017)—On Tuesday afternoon, AAHomecare president Tom Ryan, Jay Witter, AAHomecare senior vice president of public affairs, Cara Bachenheimer, senior vice president of government relations with Invacare, and Thomas Barker, an attorney recently engaged by the Association, met with CMS Administrator Seema Verma and Deputy Administrator Demetrios Kouzoukas, as well as several other HHS and CMS staffers.
MISSION VIEJO, Calif. (April 4, 2017)—Fairhaven Memorial Services announced today that Sherrie Montgomery is the recipient of the March/April 2017 Oliver Halsell Care Award, a program recognizing local individuals whose kindness and dedication to serving others is inspirational.
NEW YORK (April 3, 2017)—1 (800) HOMECARE and 1 (800) HOSPICE today announced the release of a caregiver marketplace, called AideFinder, set to redefine how patients and providers find and connect with one another. AideFinder gives patients greater choice in care by allowing them to compare local providers through the caregivers they employ.
EXETER, Penn. (March 31, 2017)—Based on consumer demand, Quantum Rehab is launching enhancements to its iLevel technology, including 12-inches of lift and LED fender lights to further increase users’ independence.
“The feedback on iLevel has been astounding during the past two years, especially in how it exponentially increases users’ independence,” shares Megan Kutch, Director of Quantum Marketing. “As a result, we’re excited to be launching two additional enhancements.”
SAN JOSE, Calif. (March 30, 2017)—The latest market report published by Credence Research, Inc. reports that the global asthma therapeutics market was valued at $19.35 billion in terms of value in 2015, and is expected to reach $23.4 billion by 2024, expanding at a CAGR of 2.1 percent from 2016 to 2024.
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (March 30, 2017)—SIGVARIS, a global provider of graduated compression, continues its mission to improve the health of legs worldwide by celebrating the grand opening of its expansion for its North American headquarters. To celebrate, SIGVARIS held a ribbon cutting ceremony on March 29 at 4 p.m. to mark the occasion.
Participants of the ceremony included local city officials, SIGVARIS employees and members of the founding family.
LAKE FOREST, Calif. and NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 29, 2017)—Apria Healthcare Group Inc. and CarePayment have partnered to bring CarePayment’s innovative, easy-to-understand 0 percent APR financing solutions to Apria patients who receive critical home medical equipment and homecare supplies.
HENRIETTA, N.Y. (March 28, 2017)—Respiratory Services of Western New York, Inc., has officially opened a new retail store at 535 Summit Point Drive, Henrietta, New York, with a ribbon cutting ceremony held Thursday, March 23, 2017. With members of the community, local hospital representatives and Respiratory Services of WNY personnel represented, attendees were able to take tours of the new store and look at the broad selection of medical equipment that will be provided.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 27, 2017)—Each year the HME community comes together in Washington, D.C. to advocate and strengthen relationships in Congress. It is a critical gathering, made stronger by greater numbers of participants demonstrating how important our relatively small share of the Medicare budget is to the entire health care continuum.
SAN FRANCISCO (March 27, 2017)—Medifab, a medical device company, has announced it will deploy Promapp’s cloud-based business process management software to support the company’s global expansion and comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international quality standards.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (March 24, 2017)—Cahaba Media Group, publisher for niche business audiences in the homecare, construction and pumps and systems markets, announces that Elizabeth (Liz) Carey will assume the position of Editor for their industry leading HME and home health professionals magazine—HomeCare.
—via AAHomecare (March 23, 2017)—Earlier today AAHomecare shared HME industry recommendations for fixing significant problems with CMS’s DMEPOS competitive bidding program with HHS Secretary Tom Price. The recommendations focus on six major areas:
LONDON (March 23, 2017)—A recent study evaluating the use of continuous diffusion of oxygen (CDO) therapy in people suffering from diabetic foot ulcers has shown that they may benefit significantly from the treatment, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
—via AAHomecare, WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 22, 2017)—As first reported in late January, CMS included bundling CPAP devices, related accessories, and services on a monthly basis for Round 2019 of competitive bidding for HME, starting with five new CBAs specific to CPAP products only.
ATLANTA (March 22, 2017)—Brightree a provider of cloud-based software for helping post-acute care companies improve business performance and patient outcomes, today announced that its home medical equipment (HME) billing and business management module has enhanced integration capabilities with AirView and myAir, ResMed’s cloud-based sleep and respiratory care patient management and patient engagement platforms.
The enhanced capabilities include:
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (March 21, 2017)—SIGVARIS now offers three inelastic compression wraps that include a one-of-a-kind initial pressure measurement system. This new system not only allows clinicians to prescribe a compression level for their patients, but also allows patients to easily set the correct initial compression level as 20–30mmHg, 30–40mmHg or 40–50mmHg when they put the garment on.
WATERLOO, Iowa (March 21, 2017)—VGM Group, Inc. has submitted a formal letter of regulatory priorities to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tom Price.
The letter outlines three top priorities that VGM's membership has identified that require immediate action from the administration in order to prevent reductions of access to care for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.
