WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 5, 2019)—Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report titled, “Medicare And Medicaid CMS Should Assess Documentation Necessary to Identify Improper Payments.” For the report, the GAO examined the portion of the improper payment rates for Medicare and Medicaid programs that are attributed to insufficient documentation.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 22, 2019)—Over the past two and a half years, AAHomecare’s payer relations efforts have helped stop or limit proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts in dozens of states, limited the spread of sole-source and narrow-network contract arrangements, and successfully lobbied TRICARE to provide retroactive relief for HME reimbursements based on the 2016 CURES bill.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (February 12, 2019)—IMCO Home Care (IHC) announces the promotion of Keith Boivin to executive vice president and the hiring of Lee Wheatley as the operations manager. IHC is a national group purchasing organization (GPO), servicing the homecare market that includes DME companies, independent pharmacies, and hospice providers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 7, 2019)—With legislators tackling a myriad of issues on Capitol Hill, participating in face-to-face meetings to build relationships and share personal experiences are the key to breaking through the clutter. Join AAHomecare for the Washington Legislative Conference, May 22-23 to move HME policy priorities to the forefront of Congress.
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (December 4, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems officially announced that it has full integration with Allegiance Group, a provider of patient pay billing and collection services for DME businesses. This full integration includes single sign on functionality, which provides seamless integration between Bonafide and the AR services provided by Allegiance Group.
Updated December 6, 2018: The Council for Respiratory Care (CQRC), a coalition of the nation's leading home oxygen therapy providers and manufacturing companies, reiterated support for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ key reforms to stabilize the market for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) including home respiratory therapy and supplies, but expressed concern over a sub-regulatory proposal to include home ventilators in the Co
THOUSAND OAKS, Calf. (October 12, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems announced its Live Asset Tracking System, which allows medical devices such as ventilators, infusion pumps, monitors, wheelchairs, beds and other high-value items to be tracked and monitored. The system includes a small device and software. The device can be affixed to any medical equipment, according to the company, and the software tracks the physical location of the device in real-time.
NORWOOD, Mass. (October 11, 2018)—Reliable Respiratory a home respiratory and specialty medical equipment provider in New England, announced that it has acquired the ventilation business line of Enos Home Medical. The acquisition provides Reliable Respiratory with additional scale in southern New England and an enhanced ventilation product offering.
ORANGEBURG, N.Y. (October 3, 2018)—Dynarex, a medical products brand and provider of disposable medical supplies, announced the launch of a durable medical products (DME) line to round out their current product portfolio.
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (August 29, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems officially announced its Facility Portal, which allows DME providers to sell to health care facilities through an online shopping portal that is linked to their back-office billing operations, inventory and delivery systems.
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (August 8, 2018)—Merits Health Products announces the hiring of Joe McKnight as western regional sales manager. McKnight has worked in, managed and owned companies in complex rehab technology, DME, medical products and services industries since 1977.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (July 24, 2018)—Providers have the opportunity to become a certified durable medical equipment specialist (CDME). The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is conducting a program, August 29–30, 2018, at its headquarters in Owings Mills, Maryland, which will allow providers to obtain the CDME certification.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (July 16, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems announced optical character recognition (OCR) functionality. This technology allows customers to efficiently and instantly search scanned documents on the Bonafide system. OCR is included at no additional charge to Bonafide customers.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (July 10, 2018)—Aeroflow Healthcare, a durable medical equipment provider, announced that it has appointed Scott Sonnone as chief financial officer (CFO) to oversee strategic financial planning that supports Aeroflow’s national growth objectives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2018)—The June 15 release of MedPAC’s report to Congress on Medicare and the health care delivery system represents another missed opportunity by the Commission to address the serious problems with Medicare’s competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment (DME) as well as the disastrous application of bidding-derived pricing to rural and other less-populous communities, stated the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare).
CHICAGO (June 13, 2018)—Linden Capital Partners has acquired Solara Medical Supplies, a direct-to-patient distributor of diabetes therapy products including continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps.
Solara Medical was founded in 2002 by Tod Robinson and is headquartered in Chula Vista, Califorina, with additional offices in Michigan, Texas and Alabama (solaramedicalsupplies.com).