WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 8, 2021)—The House of Representatives has passed the Protecting Medicare and American Farmers from Sequester Cuts Act (S. 610), legislation to keep across-the-board 4% PAYGO cuts to Medicare reimbursement from taking effect in 2022.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 7, 2021)—On an annual basis, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) issues a financial report that provides fiscal and high-level performance results that allow for the assessment of HHS’s performance over the previous fiscal year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 7, 2021)—Tomorrow Health is investing in stronger home medical equipment (HME) advocacy efforts by becoming an American Association for Homecare’s (AAHomecare) Diamond corporate partner, to the benefit of the homecare community and the millions of patients it serves.
ROSEVILLE, Calif. (December 7, 2021)—Always Best Care Senior Services, a senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced that it will deploy its own remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions across its franchise system throughout 30 states.
CLEARWATER & SARASOTA, Fla. (December 7, 2021)—Empath Health is pleased to announce Rhonda Sanders as its Chief Mission Access Officer, a senior-level position charged with helping Empath grow as a customer-driven organization and sparking growth in consumers, payers and referral sources for each service line.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (December 7, 2021)—IMAC Holdings, Inc. announced a promotion and multiple new hires to accommodate the company’s rapid growth in both IMAC Regeneration Centers and The Back Space subsidiary.
Sandy Miller, founding partner of IMAC’s Ozzie Smith IMAC Regeneration Center in 2015, has been promoted to the position of chief of staff for IMAC. Miller has served as vice president of clinical development for IMAC over the past three years.
PHOENIX (December 3, 2021)—SmartSaver rates for Medtrade West 2022 are now in effect through Dec. 10. SmartSaver rates offer the lowest available registration price for Medtrade West, scheduled for April 4-6, 2022, at the Phoenix Convention Center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 2, 2021)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published fee schedule adjustments for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) for calendar year (CY) 2022. Adjustments differ depending on whether the items serviced are competitive bidding program (CBP) items or in former competitive bidding areas (CBAs). Below is the breakdown:
BOSTON, Massachusetts (December 2, 2021)–Caregivers overwhelmingly prefer to work for, and to stay with, homecare and home health agencies that provide resources for ongoing education, according to a research report from CareAcademy, a homecare and home health workforce empowerment platform provider.
CHICAGO (December 2, 2021)—An Illinois woman was sentenced yesterday in the Northern District of Illinois to 56 months in prison and ordered to pay $6.3 million in restitution for her participation in a conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud.