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LIVINGSTON, Tennessee—Encore Healthcare has named Sarah Brundidge director of quality and innovation. Brundidge holds a master’s degree in respiratory from Rush University and bachelor’s degree in English literature. She brings vast experience in respiratory care, including in hospitals, home medical equipment, themedical device industry and remote patient monitoring.
CINCINNATI—Home medical equipment provider Quipt Home Medical Corp. announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 financial results and operational highlights.
BOULDER, Colorado (December 2, 2022)—Quality Biomedical, a biomedical equipment management service provider to the post-acute and home medical equipment (HME) markets, has released a new technology to help HME and clinical providers solve one of the biggest problems related to respiratory equipment service.
ELYRIA, Ohio (November 8, 2022)—Invacare Corporation will stop producing respiratory products by the end of the year and will focus instead on lifestyle and mobility and seating categories, the company announced Monday.
ST. LOUIS (November 3, 2022)—Responsive Respiratory (RRI) expands Boost Oxygen offering with new showroom floor display. Building upon the success of Boost Oxygen’s introduction into the homecare market, Responsive Respiratory broadens its product line with an attractive floor display.
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PITTSBURGH & CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (September 23, 2022)—Philips RS North America LLC, formerly known as Respironics, Inc., a nationwide manufacturer of sleep and respiratory durable medical equipment (DME), has agreed to pay more than $1.2 million to settle allegations that it unlawfully induced referrals for its equipment in violation of the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 16, 2022—The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC), a coalition of the nation's leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies, commended 22 House lawmakers for urging the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to protect patients’ access to home oxygen.
NORTH BILLERICA, Mass. (August 11, 2022)—Breas Medical USA announces the release and immediate availability of the Xpac by Breas extended life battery. The Xpac enhances ventilator dependent patient mobility with boost of battery life of the Breas Vivo 50 and Vivo 65 by 12 hours and the Vivo 45 LS by 18 hours. With Xpac, the ultra-compact and lightweight Vivo 45 LS can now run 25.5 hours off the grid.
LAFAYETTE, La., (August 2, 2022)—Viemed Healthcare, Inc., a provider of respiratory care and technology-enabled home medical equipment services, announced the additions of Michael Freeman as chief business development officer and Jeremy Trahan as chief legal officer and executive vice president of acquisitions and strategic transactions.
WATERLOO, Iowa & LONDON (August 2, 2022)—Belluscura, a medical device developer focused on lightweight and portable oxygen enrichment technology, announces that it has entered into a Group Purchasing Organization Product Supply Agreement for the supply of portable oxygen concentrators with VGM Group, Inc.
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SUNNYVALE, Cali. (July 21, 2022)—Somnoware, a cloud-based platform for enhanced respiratory care management, announced the release of its Fax Intake Module. The Fax Intake Module transforms paper-based faxing into an all-digital experience. The module streamlines the fax intake process with easy-to-use functionality for patient referrals.
AMSTERDAM (July 5, 2022)—A sampling of recalled CPAP devices showed significant foam degradation when ozone cleaning was used, said Philips Respironics in an update on its test and research program on polyester-based polyurethane (PE-PUR) sound abatement foam used in specific CPAP, BiPAP and mechanical ventilator devices. On June 14, 2021, Philips Respironics initiated a voluntary recall notification/field safety notice to address potential health risks related to the foam.