PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (December 11, 2018)—SIGVARIS announced the addition of SECURE armsleeve, SECURE glove and SECURE gauntlet to the growing SECURE product family. Like the SECURE leg garment, the armsleeve, glove and gauntlet products are low-profile, hybrid graduated compression and containment garments. These products are optimal daytime choices for the management of chronic edema, lymphedema, post-operative edema and other general edemas.
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. ( December 10, 2018)—Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare announced the addition of the Low‐Height, Semi‐Electric and Manual Crank beds as part of the Premier Homecare Bed collection.
All three beds feature durable, heavy-duty, polyethylene molded bed ends that are embossed with “Head” and “Foot” to help ensure proper assembly. The bed ends are also compatible with existing full‐ and semi‐electric beds.
CMS publishes guidance to help home health providers transition
(December 11, 2018)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published answers to more than 100 questions from home health providers, related to the Outcome and Information Assessment Set (OASIS)-D which becomes effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Resources offer options for families and respite organizations
SAN DIEGO (December 10, 2018)—ResMed, a provider of cloud-connected medical devices and out-of-hospital software-as-a-service (SaaS) business solutions, was named one of America’s top 100 corporate citizens for the third straight year by Forbes and JUST Capital, a nonprofit that analyzes and ranks companies based on how they serve the priorities of the American people.
Regina Gillispie wins 2018 award
DETROIT (December 5, 2018)—ComForCare Health Care Holdings, LLC, a provider of homecare, is rolling out private duty nursing across the franchise system. The announcement was made at the company’s annual franchise conference, held recently in Dallas.