POSTVILLE, Iowa, Oct. 19, 2012—Transfer Master introduced a redesigned product line Medtrade 2012. “When I introduced the Transfer Master bed at Medtrade 20 years ago, people actually laughed at me,” said president and founder, Aaron Goldsmith. “They told me that a bed created for the retail market, rather than reimbursement market, would never work in the home care industry.”
HomeCare News
The Midwest Association for Medical Equipment Services (MAMES) Board of Directors voted in October at its meeting held during the association’s annual Fall Conference to add a Home Modification/Accessibility Committee to its working committees that benefits its members.
When RACmonitor, a division of Panacea Healthcare Solutions, Inc., surveyed providers as to which topics they would like to see addressed in a webcast seminar, the number-one answer was infusion services. This is no surprise considering the variety and volume of questions there are regarding coding and documentation for infusion services. In response, MedLearn Publishing brings a brand new webcast seminar covering fundamentals of the outpatient infusion services revenue cycle.
HALIFAX, Va., Oct. 19, 2012—According to the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers (NAIMES), CMS is now soliciting bids for the Round 1 Recompete of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program.
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 16, 2012—The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has announced the winners of the first annual Innovation Entrepreneur Awards, sponsored by its new flagship publication, It Is Innovation (i3) and CEA’s Small Business Council. The Innovation Entrepreneur Awards honor excellence in business and recognize visionaries leading companies with revenues under $30 million.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 10, 2012—National Government Services will be conducting a Jurisdiction B Durable Medical Equipment Medicare Administrative Contractor (DME MAC) Power Mobility Devices Prior Authorization Requests (PMD PARs) webinar on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. The Jurisdiction B DME MAC PMD PARs webinar will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. eastern time (ET) and is geared toward all suppliers and physicians who are submitting PMD PARs.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 11, 2012—Register to attend the RACmonitor UPFRONT Live Symposium on the RACs, MACs, MICs and ZPICs in Chicago on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012 when Brian D. Annulis, JDP, partner in the law firm of Meade & Roach, LLP, provides attendees with important insights into the OIG audit priorities that providers and suppliers should incorporate into their 2013 audit and compliance programs.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. 11, 2012—VGM Group, Inc., will debut VGM Outcomes Plus Wellness Network next week at Medtrade. Outcomes Plus is designed to help HME providers work with accountable care organizations, bundled payment participants and hospital readmission reduction programs.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 11. 2012—Matrix Medical Network has announced that Charles Kanach will serve as the company’s senior vice president (SVP) of industry relations. He will report to Matrix Medical Network CEO Randy Dobbs and work out of the company’s Scottsdale, Ariz., headquarters.
PITTSBURGH, Penn., October 12, 12—Circadiance, the global manufacturer of SleepWeaver soft cloth nasal masks and accessories for PAP users, expands its line of soft cloth masks this week with its full market release of SleepWeaver Élan. “We designed SleepWeaver Élan to satisfy an even wider range of the growing population of sleep apnea patients,” said David Groll, Circadiance president and CEO.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. 11, 2012—In response to member requests, VGM Forbin will features its new secure hospice online ordering portal at this year’s Medtrade. The online tool is designed “to make the ordering process easy and efficient for the HME provider and the hospice organization,” said Matt Waller, Forbin vice president-client services.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 5, 2012—A statement by Val J. Halamandaris, president of the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC): “On behalf of the members of the NAHC I want to congratulate the Medicare Fraud Strike Task Force and law enforcement agencies for taking forthright action to stem what appears to be a coordinated scheme to divert federal money intended for care of the aged and infirm.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2012—In e-mails to members of the House of Representatives, AAHomecare is describing the benefits of H.R 6490 and urging them to cosponsor the bill, which would replace the current bidding program with the far-better and more sustainable Market Pricing Program (MPP).
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2012—The American Association for Homecare announces that it will give its annual Homecare Champion Award to Alan Landauer, chairman of Landauer Metropolitan, Inc., and to Van G. Miller, founder and president of the VGM Group.
HALIFAX, Va., Oct. 9, 2012—Wayne Stanfield, president and CEO of the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers (NAIMES), encourages HME/DME providers to become an advocate for their industry. His comments are as follows:
Exeter, Penn., Sept. 28, 2012—Quantum Rehab’s national spokesperson and Purple Heart recipient Bryan Anderson was recently the guest of honor at the Gary Sinise Foundation’s “Inspiration to Action” dinner. It was held on Sept. 10 in Woodland Hills, Calif., and celebrated the organization’s one-year anniversary.
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 2, 2012—Last Monday AAHomecare hosted a teleconference for HME providers to discuss H.R. 6490, the “Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2012.” More than 150 home medical equipment providers participated in the teleconference. The bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep.
ATLANTA, Oct. 5, 2012—Attention executives: On Monday, October 15, Medtrade and Nielsen are offering “The HME Executive Alliance,” designed to provide high-level insight into the political and economic landscapes affecting the home care industry and the overall health care sector.
WATERLOO, Iowa, Oct. 6, 2012—A list of Round 2 pricing estimates will be available in VGM Group Inc.’s Booth 1645 at Medtrade. Compiled by VGM bidding guru Mark Higley, who has traveled the country offering the latest news and strategies to help HME providers make the best business decisions related to competitive bidding, the estimates are derived from surveys conducted during his live seminars and those electronically submitted through www.vgm.com.
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y., Oct. 1, 2012—Drive Medical commenced the manufacturing and distribution of the Evo/Global Medical respiratory and SmartDose product lines effective October 1, 2012. Evo/Global Medical has been a leading manufacturer of respiratory products, including suction canisters, nebulizers, 50 PSI compressors and aerosol products, along with its technologically advanced patented SmartDose line of oxygen conserving devices.