Deadline for speakers is July 5
DALLAS—The Call for Speakers for the 2025 Medtrade Conference is now open. Members of the Medtrade Educational Advisory Board (EAB) will receive submissions through Friday, July 5.
Conference tracks are:
Leading health systems expand staff safety initiatives by deploying Canopy's real-time support network beyond hospital walls
PALO ALTO, California—Canopy, a provider of wearable safety technology for health care workers, announced a major expansion of its platform. The company released Wear-1, a new wearable safety button and Canopy Go, a home health solution that expands safety beyond the walls of the hospital to staff visiting patient homes.
Co-plaintiff status against Department of Health and Human Services is official
WASHINGTON—Following its early June decision to file to join the American Health Care Association’s (AHCA) lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services, including nursing homes, announced its official co-plaintiff status.
The accreditation designates it as one of the few outsourced clinical service programs in the post-acute homecare industry
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Sleep Services has earned accreditation from the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA), which now designates it as one of only a few outsourced clinical service programs in the post-acute homecare industry.
Newly embedded prior authorizations in the Parachute platform reduce costs & streamlines administration for health plans, DME/HME providers & clinicians
NEW YORK—Parachute Health, the platform empowering simple durable medical equipment (DME) and home medical equipment (HME) ordering, announced the launch of its groundbreaking collaboration with two of the largest health care companies to revolutionize DME e-prescribing and now prior authorization while reducing costs for health plans, DME providers and clinicians.
Rhode Island Legislature increases Medicaid rates above 75%
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island—Rhode Island’s homecare providers are celebrating this evening’s passage of the state’s fiscal year 2025 (SFY25) budget set to begin on July 1, 2024. Within Article 9 of the budget, the Rhode Island General Assembly (state legislature) approved significant Medicaid fee-for-service rate increases for contracted homecare provider companies. These rate increases include some that are higher than 75% effective Oct. 1, 2024.
Acquisition secures expanded access to solutions that enable caregivers, families, providers & payers to deliver the best care in the home
NEW YORK—HHAeXchange, a provider of homecare management solutions for providers, managed care organizations (MCOs), state Medicaid agencies and fiscal intermediaries, announced its acquisition of Cashé Software, a Mi
The draft contains provisions the organization said it could support
WASHINGTON—On June 13, 2024, Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon released a discussion draft of legislation, the Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act, that would make significant changes to the Medicare hospice program.
This award recognizes Ingram’s leadership & advocacy for hospice care
DALLAS—During Hospice Action Week in Washington D.C., the Hospice Action Network (HAN) named Axxess Executive Vice President of Interoperability Tim Ingram the 2023 MyHospice Ambassador of the Year. This award recognizes Ingram’s outstanding leadership and advocacy for hospice care.
Leading senior care franchise encourages families to plan ahead for trips with aging relatives
ROSEVILLE, California—The summer travel season has arrived, and the caregivers at Always Best Care Senior Services are sharing tips to help seniors and their families plan an enjoyable, memorable trip for everyone. Experts with the in-home senior care franchise system in the United States know that traveling with aging loved ones can require special considerations.