Updated July 15, 2020.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (July 9, 2020)--The Review Choice Demonstration program for home health services will resume on August 3, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced.
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (July 9, 2020)—PointClickCare, a cloud-based software platform for the senior care market has been selected by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) to provide de-identified patient data for the Discovery Viral Infection and Respiratory Illness Universal Study (VIRUS) COVID-19 Registry.
LOGAN, Utah (July 7, 2020)—Brandon Birch, CEO of Stander Inc. and Christian Carloni, president of TrustCare AB announced that, effective immediately, Stander will become TrustCare’s exclusive distributor for North America. The partnership will see Stander sell and support TrustCare’s rollators and ancillary products across its own retail network of 30,000+ home medical equipment dealers and pharmacies in the United States and Canada.
RALEIGH, N.C. (July 8, 2020)—North Carolina home medical equipment stakeholders successfully concluded a year-long effort to protect reimbursement rates for Medicaid beneficiaries served through managed care organizations (MCOs) when Gov. Roy Cooper signed comprehensive Medicaid bill SB 808.
FRESNO, Calif., (July 8, 2020)—Sunrise Medical announced the launch of a new group website, sunrisemedical-group.com. This new corporate website will provide a digital window to Sunrise Medical as a global company. Sunrise Medical has more than 2,200 associates operating in 18 countries and distributing in over 130 countries.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 7, 2020)—Newly available relief from the Provider Relief Fund for entities who billed Medicaid/CHIP programs or Medicaid managed care plans was not available for providers who were eligible for the initial tranche of Medicare-based relief, as noted two weeks ago.
DALLAS (July 6, 2020)—Health care technology company Axxess released a new comprehensive wound care management system that enables users to document and track wound care seamlessly.
NEW YORK (July 6, 2020)—The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) announced that it will be providing free, confidential memory screenings digitally through its National Memory Screening Program every Monday and Wednesday from 10 am to 4 pm (ET
CLEARWATER, Fla. (July 6, 2020)—Empath Health, a nonprofit integrated network of care that provides expert, life-changing health care to those with chronic and advanced illnesses, has earned the SAGECare Platinum Credential through SAGE (Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders), a national advocacy and services organization providing training and consulting on LGBT aging issues in order to improve the lives of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender seniors.