Partnership will improve private pay collections.

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. and OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (April 9, 2018)—BBMK Technologies, the inventor of cloud-based solution, NikoHealth, announces that it has entered into an agreement with Allegiance Group, a firm specializing in strategies to improve private pay collections in the homecare and durable medical equipment markets, as an integrated solution provider (ISP).

HME providers should decrease touch points and move towards paperless systems.

Via AAHomecare, WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 4, 2018)—At their recent meeting at Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas, AAHomecare’s Executive Committee approved plans to go forward with a project to examine electronic prescription (e-prescribing) platforms and to help promote adoption and acceptance of e-prescribing within the home medical equipment community.

New study results point to the need for social supports in the community.

TAMPA, Fla. (April 3, 2018)—New research released by WellCare Health Plans, Inc. and the University of South Florida, and published in The American Journal of Accountable Care (AJAC) examined how WellCare CommUnity Liaisons, a new social-support person role, can effectively use their own personal experiences to provide social support to study participants (callers) experiencing a broad array of stressful life circumstances such as homelessness, food insecurity and financial difficulty.