CINCINNATI (January 23, 2017)—FirstLight Home Care, a national provider of non-medical homecare, was recently named to Entrepreneur’s 2017 Franchise 500 list. The company jumped 376 spots from last year’s ranking of 436, to No. 60 in 2017.
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EXETER, Penn. (January 19, 2017)—Pride Mobility Products is pleased to announce that its providers have achieved sales milestones with its Jazzy Air and Go-Chair retail power chairs, each surpassing the 1,000 units sold mark.
ST. LOUIS (January 19, 2017)—Responsive Respiratory introduces its newly re-engineered heavy-duty cardboard cylinder totes.
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. (January 19, 2017)—Encore Healthcare, LLC, announced the purchase of Nexus, a HIPAA-compliant care management platform from Nashville-based Jumpstart Foundry alumnus, Evermind, Inc., accelerating its leadership, expertise and innovation in post-acute respiratory population health management.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 18, 2017)—CMS published guidance to the states on Friday, January 13, in an effort to give strategies to the state to ensure access to DMEPOS is available. This was issued due to comments from 2016 on CMS 1651-P and 2011 comments submitted in response to Federal Register Request for Comment on alignment under Medicaid and Medicare. While CMS cannot enforce these suggestions, we believe that they would benefit both states and providers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 17, 2017)—Data is the lifeblood of the value-based payment environment. Every time a doctor takes care of a patient, we have an opportunity to use information in ways that help patients get better care. The goal is to use the information from each patient encounter to make the next encounter better—across the entire health care system. But it is easier said than done.
SANTA ANA, Calif. (January 17, 2017)—It was after her mother suffered a stroke that Laura Harpster realized she had the skills and innate desire to care for others. Patience, empathy and helping patients adjust to their new lifestyle came easily to her.
EXETER, Penn. (January 16, 2017)—Quantum Rehab is pleased to announce its introduction of Q-Logic 3 Advanced Drive Controls, a next-generation of market-inspired complex rehab power chair electronics.
Building upon a legacy of technologically-advanced features for the user, clinician and ATP, Q-Logic 3 incorporates two years of market feedback into an intuitive yet highly-customizable platform that solves previously unaddressed needs in complex rehab electronics.
JACKSON, Mich. (January 12, 2017)—For the second consecutive year, Great Lakes Caring Home Health and Hospice (Great Lakes Caring) has been named one of the Nation's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For by the National Association for Business Resources (NABR).
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (January 12, 2017)—The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) has written a letter to President-elect Donald J. Trump urging his Administration to examine the role pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) play in escalating prescription drug prices. NCPA’s letter, sent January 9, responds to the President-elect’s comments on this issue, reinforced yesterday at a news conference.
WESTLAKE, Ohio (January 12, 2017)—For the first time, Applied Home Healthcare Equipment will be exhibiting its homecare products from two separate booths at the upcoming Medtrade show in Las Vegas, Nevada February 27–March 1, 2017.
“The products we market continue to show fast sales growth and we will better be able to serve our customers at the show by displaying from two separate booths,” said Applied sales director Jon Schultz.
BOISE, Idaho (January 12, 2017)—Bestbath, a manufacturer of universal design showers and tubs, has launched a new 60-inch-by-32-inch shower and tub featuring a sleek new design perfect for commercial or single-family new construction.
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (January 12, 2017)—Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare, a global manufacturer and distributor of medical products, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Sidhil Group Limited, effective January 6, 2017. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
SAN FRANCISCO (January 12, 2017)—Honor, a tech-powered homecare company focused on providing high-quality homecare for older adults, today announced a new collaborative agreement with the Alzheimer’s Association to use information and resources from the Alzheimer’s Association to educate and train its Care Pros in caring for people living with the disease. The new agreement adds to previous ones formed with the American Cancer Society and National Parkinson Foundation.
WATERLOO, Iowa (January 11, 2017)—Planning is well underway for Essentially Women’s annual education conference and trade show.
Focus: The EW Conference will take place September 16–18 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The three-day Focus Conference will provide EW members with continuing education and training opportunities, resources to improve operational efficiencies and connect women’s health care professionals, industry consultants and vendors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 11, 2017)—AAHomecare’s State Leaders Council, comprised of state association leadership from across the country, formed a Work Group to collaboratively develop strategies and coordinate resources for tackling the provision in recent CURES legislation that limits the federal portion of Medicaid spending to competitive bidding prices for DMEPOS starting in 2018.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 9, 2017)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today finalized rules governing home health agencies that will improve the quality of health care services for Medicare and Medicaid patients and strengthen patients’ rights. These Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation are the minimum health and safety standards a home health agency must meet in order to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.