HME

E. PROVIDENCE, R. I. (December 5, 2018)—Paragon Ventures has announced the sale of Independence HomeHealthWares to Point Ventures Inc. Independence is a provider of home medical equipment, supplies and related services throughout Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts.

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.

LAS VEGAS (November 29 2018)—Take advantage of the lowest possible rates for Medtrade Spring 2019, scheduled for April 16-18, 2019, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

(November 1, 2018)—Brightree-connected providers now have two additional functionalities at their service. Parachute Health and PlayMaker Health each announced integrations.

WATERLOO, Iowa (October 18, 2018)—VGM is now accepting proposals from prospective speakers for its annual Heartland Conference.

With eight education tracks to fill, conference organizers are looking for presenters to offer their expertise on a variety of topics, including business leadership and management, retail, sleep and respiratory, rehab, operations, sales and marketing, home accessibility, technology and regulatory.

SAN DIEGO (October 15, 2018)—Triple W, a provider of connected health devices, today announced the U.S. launch of DFree, a wearable device for incontinence that notifies the user when it’s time to go to the bathroom.

ATLANTA (August 15, 2018)—The Brightree Summit will be held once again in conjunction with Medtrade. The summit, Brightree’s one-day user conference will be held October 15 at the Omni Atlanta Hotel and will showcase many of the products and services Brightree offers the HME industry. 

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.

WATERLOO, Iowa (July 18, 2018)—VGM Group, Inc. has released the names of the five people who will serve on the HME Woman of the Year Honorary Selection Committee.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 2, 2018)—Compass Health announced that it has entered into a preferred vendor partnership with NDC Homecare, a regional distributor to HME dealers located in the Midwest (Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma).

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).

WATERLOO, Iowa (June 18, 2018)—The nomination period for the 2018 HME Woman of the Year is officially open.

Now in its third year, the award, sponsored by VGM, recognizes one woman in the industry who has made increasingly significant contributions throughout her career to her company, community and the home medical equipment industry.

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).