OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—Allegiance Group has announced a strategic partnership with R2 Health, a health care software and services company focused on delivering patient-centric solutions for infusion providers. This partnership follows the integration of Allegiance Group’s COLLECTPlus platform with R2 Health’s system to streamline billing and improve cash recovery for providers.
DETROIT—United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. announced that M&Y Care, LLC (M&Y Care), a provider of home health services to Michigan patients, agreed to pay a total of $334,807.20 to the United States and the State of Michigan to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act.
ARLINGTON, Virginia—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) announced it will be holding webinars on the topics of home medical equipment (HME), e-prescribing strategies, durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers and billing in October. The details of the webinars are listed below.
WASHINGTON— In what was called a "big win" by the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a change request (CR) directing DME MACs to adjust their local edits to allow for 90-day billing for continuous glucose monitor (CGM) supplies to align with blood glucose monitor supplies.
NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for providers, managed care organizations (MCOs), and state Medicaid agencies, announced the results of a new survey designed to determine the top challenges and business priorities facing homecare agencies, as well as the role technology is playing in supporting their goals.
AKRON, Ohio—ACU-Serve, an end-to-end revenue cycle management company, announced the company has signed an agreement with Nymbl Systems, software solutions that aim to deliver better business outcomes for those who enable better health and mobility. The two companies are working together to fill the void for purpose-built automation systems that meet the uniquely complex billing and business management requirements of complex rehab therapy (CRT) providers.
DALLAS (October 20, 2022)—After a thorough audit of its home health, homecare and hospice software solutions, Axxess has earned ACHC Product Certification. The Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC) offers product certification based on a comprehensive evaluation of the product’s ability to meet ACHC standards in administration, operations, fiscal management, human resources, provision of care, quality assurance/performance improvement and risk management.
FRESNO, Calif. (September 27, 2022)—BFlow Solutions recently welcomed Paul Maszy, MBA as chief technology officer. Maszy brings a wealth of knowledge and technology leadership to the table, the company said in a press release.
AKRON, Ohio (August 19, 2022)—ACU-Serve Corp. has acquired ECS Billing & Consulting North. ECS was based in Tiffin, Ohio, and founded by Sarah Hanna, a well-known industry veteran who will assume a role as V.P. of Consulting Services at ACU-Serve Corp.
ATLANTA (July 15, 2022)—Brightree has launched the Brightree Digital Experience, new software tools that enable providers to streamline and improve the patient experience through automated and orchestrated text/email patient outreach to keep them updated, electronic documentation and signature capabilities, and video chat allowing for virtual patient support.
NEW YORK (July 12, 2022)—Careswitch, a recent entry to the homecare software space, announced that it is adopting a freemium pricing model: its core agency management system will be free, while its premium payroll processing and other future offerings will require users to upgrade to a paid plan.
SAN DIEGO & HILDESHEIM, Germany (June 14, 2022)—ResMed today announced a definitive agreement to acquire privately held MEDIFOX DAN, a German provider of out-of-hospital software solutions for providers in major settings across the care continuum, from Hg, a software and services investor.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 20, 2022)—Prochant, a revenue cycle management (RCM) provider with more than 20 years' experience, particularly in the home medical equipment (HME) space, announced a partnership with VGM & Associates to be the member service organization’s official partner for focused billing solutions.
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 12, 2022)—The New York State Medicaid department released their durable medical equipment (DME) manual update, effective June, 1 2022. Per the 202-page manual, all CPAP and BiPAP supplies that were formerly bundled with a new PAP set-up will be unbundled as of June 1.
Heated humidifiers (E0562) and cool humidifiers (E0561) were also unbundled from a new CPAP or BiPAP set up, and will be paid separately.
