MCHENRY, Ill., (November 10, 2020)—Medela LLC announced the release of new data in a peer-reviewed SAWC Fall published poster and white paper supplement to Wounds demonstrating the Medela Invia Liberty Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System innovates the current NPWT standard of care. Despite many important developments since its inception, NPWT has seen little innovation in the way it is delivered and controlled at the wound bed nor how fluid removal is managed.
BALA CYNWYD, Penn. (November 10, 2020)—Connect America, a provider of comprehensive telehealth, remote patient monitoring (RPM), and personal emergency response systems (PERS) announced today that Janet Dillione has been hired to lead the company as its new chief executive officer (CEO).
CHICAGO—(November 10, 2020)—BrightStar Care, a national provider of homecare and medical staffing services, announced it will join Dina’s digital home care coordination network.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 6, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued another revision to change request 11855—Penalty for Delayed Request for Anticipated Payment (RAP) Submission—Implementation. The Change Request (CR) revision added remittance advice message information related to the No Pay RAP penalty.
Home health agencies (HHAs) should note that Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) will:
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. (November 6, 2020)—Numotion, a provider of complex rehab technology (CRT), announced its first physical location in Buffalo, New York. Numotion Buffalo will be located at 2400 N. America Drive, West Seneca, NY, and staffed by an Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) and additional dedicated service and support teams.
JOHNSTON, RI (November 6, 2020)—Spiro Health announced the successful acquisition of Absolute Respiratory Care in Johnston, Rhode Island. Absolute Respiratory Care is a home medical equipment provider in the state of Rhode Island. The acquisition will continue to allow Spiro Health to have operations across eight states and the District of Columbia; Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont and Virginia.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (November 6, 2020)—Baptist Health, a health care provider in greater Jacksonville, Florida, has announced a joint venture with BAYADA Home Health Care to expand upon the services provided to the community by Baptist Home Health for more than 25 years. The combined organization, Baptist Home Health Care by BAYADA, will have the capabilities to serve more patients at home, where they can recover and thrive best.
CLEARWATER, Fla. (November 5, 2020)—Carol Li, DO, has been named medical director for Suncoast Hospice, a member of Empath Health. Li is a Hospice and Palliative Board-Certified Physician who joined Suncoast Hospice in 2018 as an inpatient Care Center physician. She received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine in New Jersey and completed her residency in internal medicine at Largo Medical Center.
ATLANTA, Georgia (Nov. 5, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) is seeking an unprecedented level of advice from stakeholders even as it makes major changes to the competitive bidding program, Mark Higley, vice president or regulatory affairs for VGM, and others said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 5, 2020)—The 2021 release of the Hospice Program for Evaluating Payment Patterns Electronic Report (PEPPER), anticipated spring 2021, will include at least one new target area—Average Number of Part D Claims per Hospice Episode.