HomeCare News
EXETER, Pa. (Sept. 19, 2013)—Pride Mobility Products Corporation announced an exclusive North American partnership with Autochair, a vehicle adaptations manufacturer and supplier based in the United Kingdom, on the distribution of the Milford Person Lift and Olympian AutoLift. This collaboration brings greater distribution to these industry-leading, life-enhancing products.
WATERLOO, Iowa (Sept. 17, 2013)—Service management consultant Richard Fuller’s “RFC Labor Guide” will be available to VGM Group and U.S. Rehab members at a discounted rate.
“We’re pleased to announce our contract with Richard Fuller, who has more than 29 years of experience in the complex rehab technology and HME industries, with an emphasis on power wheelchair technology and service management,” said Greg Packer, U.S. Rehab president.
TORRANCE, Calif. (Sept. 18, 2013)—Convaid, Inc., a Torrance-based manufacturer of lightweight, compact-folding, adaptive-assisted wheelchairs, is pleased to announce its alliance with United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties (UCPLA). This announcement marks the initiation of a more formal alliance, although Convaid has supported UCPLA and its efforts for many years.
PITTSBURGH (Sept. 18, 2013)—A medical equipment saleswoman has been indicted on charges she defrauded Highmark's Security Blue Medicare Program out of $200,000 by submitting bogus claims for air mattresses for patients who didn't really need them.
Online court records do not list an attorney for 62-year-old Mary Monica Wilson-Lefler, of Sewickley, Pa., who was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (September 19, 2013) — Cahaba Media Group is happy to announce that Stephanie Gibson has joined the company’s Health Care Division as senior editor. Stephanie will head the production of CMG’s two health-care magazines, HomeCare and Senior Care Products.
BALTIMORE, Md.— CMS has pushed back indefinitely enforcement of an Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision requiring a face-to-face encounter as a condition of Medicare payment for certain DME items.
No matter what you have learned by now about the face-to-face rule, you almost surely haven't learned how to live with it. Mary Ellen has consulted with many home health agencies over the years, and during the past year, much of that work has had something to do with the application of their version of this new rule.
The JoyBar II, the latest innovation of the Active Controls’ JoyBar technology, features digital, rather than analog circuitry design. Use of digital sensors provides additional benefits for dealers and manufacturers of electric wheelchairs because the new electronics are compatible with many of the digital controllers already in use on existing wheelchairs.
AUBURN, Wash.—Propet, designers and manufacturers of footwear focused on comfort, style, fit and performance, introduced the revolutionary AdaptaStep™ recovery shoe, under its Propét Preferred therapeutic footcare line. AdaptaStep is a unique, patent-pending system specifically designed to help alleviate fluid build-up, speed healing and promote a quicker return to normal gait.
EXETER, Pa.— Pride Mobility Products Corporation announced the addition of Stuart Robinson as national sales manager, retail mobility, and the promotions of Brett Shoemaker to director, retail mobility sales, and Cy Corgan to director, strategic accounts.
SAN DIEGO— ResMed, an innovator and pioneer in developing products for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory conditions, announced a new nasal mask, the Swift™ FX Nano, for use with positive airway pressure (PAP) therapy. This mask, available now throughout the U.S., represents a significant breakthrough for the nasal mask category.
ELYRIA, Ohio—Invacare Corporation is proud to sponsor the National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic, taking place September 15-20 in San Diego, California.
ORLANDO, Fla.—More than 60 new companies/products will be on hand at the New Product Pavilion, located on the show floor at Medtrade. “Those who choose to attend Medtrade this year are choosing to fight for their business,” says Kevin Gaffney. “They are the ones who are serious about surviving, thriving, and serving the massive demand that is out there.”
Orlando, Fla—HME Recovery announced a new cloud-based software solution to help HME/DME providers with multiple locations save money by not having to replace lost equipment. HME Recovery monitors a provider's list of patients that are actively renting equipment, and notifies them in a timely way of their patients passing away.
Trying to make competitive bidding work is like trying to "pound a round peg into a square hole." DME providers are being forced into business arrangements ("shotgun marriages") that they would not normally be interested in. One of these arrangements is a subcontract.
OIG’s Memorandum Report issued on Sept. 5, 2013 states, “The findings illustrate differences between the two in fee-for-service payment amounts for equipment and supplies and potential savings.”
The following summary can be found on OIG’s website:
OCONOMOWOC, WI – Bruno Independent Living Aids, a leading manufacturer of vehicle lifts, has agreed to be a major sponsor of the “My Finish Line” Tour with country singer Michelle Murray. A motion picture that celebrates the life of paralyzed IndyCar race driver, Sam Schmidt, “My Finish Line” is an inspirational journey, filled with Michelle Murray’s music.
KHS was well represented at a meeting nearly a year in the works, when members of the Wisconsin Association of Medical Equipment Services (WAMES) met with Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-1st District) and discussed the problems that Medicare beneficiaries are having with the effects of the recently implemented Competitive Bidding program on their continuum of care. The meeting was held Tuesday August 27, 2013 at Rep. Ryan’s Kenosha office.
STEWARTVILLE, Minn.—Rochester Medical Corporation announced it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with C. R. Bard, Inc. at a price of $20 per share, or approximately $262 million in the aggregate.