DALLAS—Palliative care providers using Axxess can now expand their business with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) payment models.
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana—Viemed Healthcare, Inc., a respiratory care and technology-enabled home medical equipment services company, announced that it has made a strategic investment in ModoHealth, a value-based care and patient management platform connecting payors, patients, and post-acute providers.
Everyone knows that in the days after COVID, demand for home repairs and maintenance skyrocketed.
DALLAS—With the final Medtrade East wrapping up in October 2022, a new era for the nation’s largest home medical equipment (HME)-focused trade show is set to begin. The first newly unified show is scheduled for March 28-30 at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas.
LOS ANGELES—The founders of Clear Health Advisors, Byrdie Lifson Pompan and Valerie Ulene, have launched Boom Home Medical, a company with a mission to radically reinvent home medical products with beautifully designed, highly functional and easy-to-use products that empower people to care for themselves with dignity.
TROY, Michigan—ComForCare, a franchised provider of in-home caregiving services, was recognized as one of the top 500 franchises in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500.
BOSTON—Rendever, a virtual reality (VR) company, announced its acquisition of Alcove, a popular consumer VR platform publicly available to families at home through their own VR headsets.
WASHINGTON, DC—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) should require hospice care providers to report all allegations of abuse and neglect immediately to survey agencies, regardless of whether the alleged perpetrator is affiliated with the hospice, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) urged in a new report.
The Department of Health and Human Services neither agreed nor disagreed with GAO's recommendation.
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold an open-door forum for home health, hospice and durable medical equipment (DME) providers on Wednesday, January 11 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Participants should call in at least 15 minutes before the start time.
The agenda as provided by CMS is:
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Opening Remarks
WILLOW GROVE, Pennsylvania—A Pennsylvania homecare agency has been ordered to pay more than $3.8 million in back wages and damages after its employees accused it of withholding overtime pay.