LOS ANGELES (September 29, 2020)—The Rollettes, a Los Angeles based dance team that is comprised of seven women who use wheelchairs, is hosting their eighth annual Rollettes Experience virtually this year due to COVID-19. In previous years, women who use wheelchairs from around the globe travel to Los Angeles and spend quality time meeting other women who have similar disabilities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 25, 2020)—The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a warning to health care providers about the Taidoor Malware being used by the Chinese government.
The warning from the OCR and the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) includes a warning about malware, as well as response actions and recommended mitigation techniques.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2020)—In a recent audit from the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), the department found a 52% increase in Medicare-allowed charges on noninvasive ventilators (NIVs) between 2016 and 2018.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2020)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the availability of up to $165 million in supplemental funding to states currently operating Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration programs. This funding will help state Medicaid programs jump-start efforts to transition individuals with disabilities and older adults from institutions and nursing facilities to home and community-based settings of their choosing.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (September 24, 2020)—PlayMaker Health, a post-acute sales enablement and business intelligence platform, today announced the launch of the new Medicare Advantage Data Sets with Physician and Payer Insights solution.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 24, 2020)—Home medical equipment (HME) suppliers have received a notice from the CBIC indicating that that Competitive Bidding Round 2021 “contract offers and disqualification information would soon be provided” in Connexion and encouraging suppliers to make sure their CMS Enterprise Portal information was up to date.
EAST AMHERST, N.Y. (September 24, 2020)—The National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) announced the results of the elections of its officers and board of directors for the 2020-2022 term. The elected officers are President—Chris Yule of Travis Medical; Vice President—Greg Packer of U.S. Rehab; Treasurer—Seth Johnson of Quantum Rehab; and Secretary—Alexis Ward of National Seating & Mobility.
PHOENIX, (September 24, 2020)—Aging is inevitable for most of us but losing our sense of value and purpose is not.
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (September 24, 2020)—PointClickCare, a cloud-based software platform for the senior care market, announced that it would be joining the coalition of health care companies that have launched the COVID-19 Research Database, a secure repository of HIPAA compliant, de-identified and limited patient-level data sets made available pro bono to public health and policy researchers to extract insights to help combat
CHICAGO, IL (September 22, 2020)—Medical products distribution company Health Mobius has expanded its full-service e-commerce solutions designed to support pharmacies and providers of home medical equipment (HME) nationwide in response to COVID-19.