WASHINGTON, DC (June 10, 2015)—This summer will mark the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Amendments to the Social Security Act that established the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
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WASHINGTON, DC (June 8, 2015)—On May 29, AAHomecare submitted comments on the Proposed Rule by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) titled, 2015 Edition Health Information Technology (Health IT) Certification Criteria, 2015 Edition Base Electronic Health Record (HER) Definition and ONC Health IT Certification Program Modifications.
WATERLOO, Iowa (June 10, 2015)—Amy Van Dyken-Rouen, a six-time Olympic gold medalist and T-12 paraplegic, will headline the 14th annual VGM Heartland Conference. Van Dyken-Rouen was the first woman to win four gold medals in one Olympic Games, but was severely injured one year ago in an ATV accident. Her spinal cord was severed, leaving her paralyzed from the waist down.
WATERLOO, Iowa (June 8, 2015)—VGM Group Inc., has partnered with PlayMaker CRM to bring industry-leading referral source management to home medical equipment providers.
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software is typically designed for business-to-business relationship management, but not b
Old Forge, Penn. (June 8, 2015)—Golden Technologies unveiled its new website, a mobile-friendly site with features that will better educate consumers surfing the Internet for information on lift chairs, scooters and power wheelchairs.
“We are very proud of this new site.
Cedar Falls, Iowa (June 8, 2015)—Nine-year-old Natalie Olsen and her family will be the beneficiaries of new home accessibility equipment to be installed at their home in Cedar Falls. The home modification will take place Wednesday, June 17, and is part of Access Day USA, a nationwide campaign, championed by nonprofit Evergreen Life Access, to promote safe home access for people with a physical limitation who are in need.
WASHINGTON, DC (June 2, 2015)—Joint replacement was the most common hospital procedure that Medicare paid for in 2013, accounting for nearly 450,000 inpatient admissions and $6.6 billion in payments.
Among physicians, cancer specialists received the largest payments from Medicare, but much of their reimbursements went to cover the cost of the very expensive drugs to treat their patients.
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (June 2, 2015)—DME Data Solutions has introduced a new Windows-based database application that utilizes clinical outcome measures to drive sales.
WASHINGTON, DC (June 1, 2015)—As part of the Administration’s efforts to promote better care, smarter spending and healthier people, CMS is posting the third-annual release of the Medicare hospital utilization and payment data (both inpatient and outpatient) and the second-annual release of the physician and other supplier utilization and payment data. The announcement was made at the annual Health Datapalooza Conference in Washington, DC.
MEDIA, Pennsylvania (May 27, 2015)—Apacheta announced today that Patient Home Monitoring, a leading provider of home medical equipment, supplies and services, has selected Apacheta’s industry-leading mobile delivery management solution. This next generation tablet-based solution will be used to optimize delivery operations of home medical equipment (HME) to patients across the United States.
Washington, DC (May 28, 2015)—On May 22, the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously passed the 21st Century Cures legislation, the goal of which is to foster health care innovation. The bipartisan support reflected in the 51-0 vote in favor of the bill came after lawmakers hashed out an agreement on ways to offset its estimated $13 billion cost. While the Cures bill has strong support in the House, it does not appear to have the support needed to pass in the Senate.
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (May 28, 2015)—A/R Allegiance Group (ARA) has expanded their private pay billing and collection expertise to include medical billing, which positions them to improve clients’ revenue cycle management (RCM) capabilities.
Lake Wales, Fla. (June 1, 2015)—3B Medical Inc. announced the introduction of the Luna family of PAP devices. The Luna is designed to offer patients the latest enhancements in sleep therapy while easing the burden on homecare providers in obtaining data.
Despite the overwhelming preference among older Americans to age in place, new research shows that even the wealt
ATLANTA (May 22, 2015)—Members of the Medtrade educational advisory board (EAB) met last month to discuss the upcoming Medtrade show, scheduled for Oct 26-29, 2015, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.
EXETER, Penn. (May 28, 2015)—Quantum Rehab announces the launch of its new website dedicated to Quantum’s iLevel power seat elevation technology.
LENEXA, Kan. (May 20, 2015)—Mediware Information Systems Inc., a provider of comprehensive post-acute care health care software and Managed Health Care Associates Inc. (MHA), a health care services and technology company serving the alternate site health care marketplace, announced they have signed a partnership agreement that will allow both business partners to further expand their roles in the post-acute health care market.
WASHINGTON (May 12, 2015)—During the week of July 20 through 24, 2015, a final sample group of providers will have the opportunity to participate in ICD-10 end-to-end testing with Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) and the Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) contractor. CMS is accepting additional July volunteers from May 11 through 22, 2015.
WASHINGTON (May 13, 2015)—Congressman Kevin Brady, R-Texas, chairman of the Ways and Means subcommittee on health, has announced that the subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Improving Competition in Medicare: Removing Moratoria and Expanding Access.”
AAHomecare is pleased to announce that Robert Steedley, president of Barnes Healthcare Services and chairman of the AAHomecare board of directors has been formally invited to appear before the Committee.
The hearing will take place on Tuesda