DALLAS—Medtrade attendees looking for technology solutions now have a new option on the Medtrade 2024 Expo floor. The Technology Stage (back right of the show floor) will feature 30-minute interactive presentations to provide attendees with a comprehensive overview of various tech solutions. Tech-related exhibitors will provide live, half-hour presentations designed to inform and educate.
ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) announced it will launch its "WHY Campaign" at Medtrade. The campaign, centered around the question "What's your WHY for being in the HME Industry?", aims to celebrate the passion and dedication of the home medical equipment (HME) community while highlighting the value of HME and the importance of membership in AAHomecare to enhance advocacy efforts.
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), Tom Carper (D-DE), John Cornyn (R-TX), Mark Warner (D-VA), Tim Scott (R-SC) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), members of the Senate Duals Working Group, introduced the Delivering Unified Access to Lifesaving Services (DUALS) Act of 2024 to improve coverage for individuals jointly enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid, also known as dual eligibles.
The DUALS Act of 2024:
STAMFORD, Connecticut—Wheel It Forward, a volunteer-run community library that lends out and accepts donations of durable medical equipment (DME), announced the launch of its newest initiative: the GotDME National Directory (GotDME.org).
STEVENS POINT, Wisconsin—Ki Mobility’s Axiom line of wheelchair seat cushions and backs are now available in pediatric sizes. The new series, Axiom for Kids, takes into account the unique positioning needs of growing children who use wheelchairs, the manufacturer said in a March 11 announcement.
RICHMOND, Virginia—The cost of long-term care services increased across all provider types and increased more substantially for certain settings, according to Genworth’s Cost of Care Survey 2023. The most substantial cost increases occurred in home health aide and homemaker services costs. Inflation and the shortage of skilled care workers are the core drivers of increases in the costs of care services.
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina—Family First Home Health Care, Inc. (Family First), a home health care agency located in Gastonia, North Carolina, (now d/b/a Gaston Piedmont Health Care Inc.), and its owner Marion James have agreed to collectively pay $600,000 to resolve allegations that they knowingly violated the Federal and North Carolina False Claims Acts from Jan. 1, 2015, through Jan. 9, 2020, by submitting thousands of fraudulent claims to Medicaid for reimbursement, announced Dena J.
SAN DIEGO—Anthony Duane Bell Sr. and his son, Anthony Duane Bell Jr., were sentenced in federal court to 65 months and 12 months and one day, respectively, for their roles in fraudulently receiving more than $21 million in Medicare payments and lying to cover it up.
On Friday, March 8 the National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology (NCART) announced it will launch a new newsletter theme along with additional news on how it plans to improve communication. The newsletter will move from the end to the beginning of the month. It will also send out a bi-weekly update, scheduled to begin Wednesday, March 20.
NCART also said it added a new marketing resource, Barry Steelman.
WASHINGTON—During a Ways & Means Committee hearing that examined opportunities and challenges in enhancing access to care in patients’ homes and modernizing care in rural and underserved communities, U.S. Rep.