WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Group Inc., a business and professional services provider, announced the ninth Home Medical Equipment (HME) Woman of the Year Award celebration will be held during its Heartland Conference. The conference will take place on June 9-11, 2025, in Waterloo, Iowa.
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise system in the United States, announced Ariel Calmanovici has taken over ownership of the Always Best Care franchise in Wallingford, Connecticut. Located at 20 Ives Road, Suite 202B, the Wallingford-New Haven office will continue to provide senior care services, including non-medical in-home care and senior living referral services, under Calmanovici’s leadership.
PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire—Modivcare Inc., a technology-enabled health care service and integrated supportive care solutions company, has partnered with Tenovi, a cellular-connected remote monitoring solutions company, to deliver Adherium’s “Hailie Smart” inhalers. Modivcare, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Valued Relationships, Inc.
WASHINGTON—House Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA) are asking colleagues in the House to join a sign-on letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that aims to reestablish the Medicare 75/25 blended rate for durable medical equipment (
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—In response to the report on the operational disruption at Baxter’s North Cove, North Carolina, facility due to Hurricane Helene, the National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) released a guidance list that aims to provide health care organizations with a structured approach for managing product shortages, particularly of diluents, parenteral nutrition (PN) products and small and large volume parenteral solutions.
NORTHFIELD, Illinois—Medline, a medical-surgical product manufacturer, announced its partnership with Microsoft, software platforms and tools creator, aiming to address the complex supply chain challenges facing health care professionals.
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—WellSky, a health and community care technology company, released its third “Evolution of Care” report.
DURYEA, Pennsylvania—Quantum Rehab released the Quantum Outback, the company’s new four-wheel, all-terrain power chair. The chair, which was inspired by a joint development effort with the company’s Australian subsidiary, aims to provide users with outdoor use and improve outdoor driving experiences.
The Outback features:
WASHINGTON—Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO of LeadingAge, an association of nonprofit providers of aging services, responded to a letter sent by 34 members of congress to President Joe Biden’s Administration regarding the Medicare Advantage (MA) plan “flex cards.
Below is Sloan's response:
Sociologist Elena Portacolone was taken aback. Many of the older adults in San Francisco she visited at home for a research project were confused when she came to the door. They’d forgotten the appointment or couldn’t remember speaking to her.
It seemed clear they had some type of cognitive impairment. Yet, they were living alone.
