WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 17, 2018)—On June 15, 2018, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) issued its annual report to Congress.

MedPAC is recommending that more products be included in the Medicare competitive bid program. There are three categories of products MedPAC believes should be included:

(1) Items that Congress has already authorized to be included (e.g., chest wall oscillation devices, ventilators and off-the shelf orthotics)

ATLANTA (June 15, 2018)—Brightree, a provider of cloud-based software helping post-acute care companies improve business performance and patient outcomes, announced the release of a new solution that allows home medical equipment (HME) providers to digitally receive orders from more than 62,000 providers using athenaClinicals within the athenahealth network, the same way doctors have long referred patients to other specialists.

EXETER, Penn. (June 14, 2018)—Pride Mobility Products is pleased to announce that its Facebook page recently reached a retail-mobility industry first, achieving 10,000 followers.

With approximately 80 percent of seniors and baby boomers now using the internet, Pride’s Facebook page has seen unprecedented utilization and growth by consumers in the retail mobility segment, according to the company.

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (June 13, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems announced a complete integration with the customer service cloud solution from Zendesk. With Zendesk, Bonafide offers its customers fast response times and customer support. Additional advantages of the solution are its extensive reporting capabilities and integrated knowledge base.