WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 1, 2021)—The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a fifth amendment to the Declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) to add additional categories of qualified persons authorized to prescribe, dispense, and administer COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Feb. 1, 2021)–Where people die can affect the quality of their deaths and their families’ satisfaction with the end-of-life care they receive, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 29, 2021)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has added the 2018 calendar year to publicly-available online files of the Post-Acute Care and Hospice Provider Utilization and Payment Public Use Files.
PHOENIX, Ariz. (January 28, 2021)—Optipillows EPAP Mask announced a new collaborative partnership with McArthur Medical Sales Inc. for immediate distribution of Optipillows EPAP Mask within Canada.
Arizona & Ohio (January 28, 2021)—Because COVID-19 has disproportionately impacted the brain health of vulnerable populations—aging adults, care partners, and individuals with dementia—Arizona-based Musical Memory Care and Ohio-based Virtual Brain Health Center (VBHC) have teamed up in a free, weeklong and nation-wide, live streaming brain health event during global Brain Awareness Week, March 15-21, 2021.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 28, 2021)—National Seating & Mobility (NSM), North America’s largest and most trusted provider of comprehensive mobility solutions, has developed a new NSM University course designed to educate nurse case managers about complex rehab technology and mobility products.
HICKORY, N.C. (January 28, 2021)—Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company (HSM) has appointed Justin Ferdinand vice president and general manager of its Parks Healthcare Products business.
GILBERT, Ariz. (January 26, 2021)—SYNERGY HomeCare, a national in-home care franchise, continued its strong growth trajectory in 2020 by selling 38 territories including multiple sales in New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 26, 2021)— The Health and Human Services Department’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has launched an audit of home health services provided through telehealth during the COVID-19 public health emergency to verify that providers aren’t doing more than they’re supposed to do to qualify for reimbursement.