ALEXANDRIA, Va. (November 2, 2017)—National Community Pharmacists Association CEO B. Douglas Hoey, Pharmacist, MBA, has issued the following statement in response to the final report of the President’s Commission on Combatting the Opioid Crisis:

WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 1, 2017)—The nation’s leading home health organizations, including the Partnership for Quality Home Healthcare (Partnership), the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and ElevatingHOME, commend the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for not finalizing the proposed Home Health Groupings Model (HHGM) in the Home Health Prospective Payment System (HHPPS) Proposed Rule for CY 2018.

WATERLOO, Iowa (November 1, 2017)—MAMES (Midwest Association for Medical Equipment Services) has announced the expansion of its home modification accessibility committee to include companies throughout the nation.

—Via AAHomecare, WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 1, 2017)—Thanks to strong outreach efforts by the HME community, legislation providing relief for rural/non-bid area suppliers spearheaded by Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Dave Loebsack (D-Iowa) has garnered 49 original co-sponsors. This is a very strong number of original co-sponsors, eclipsing the 40 original co-sponsors for last year’s legislation on the rural relief issue, H.R. 5210.

ROSEVILLE, Calif. (November 1, 2017)—Always Best Care Senior Services, one of the leading senior care franchise systems in the United States, announced today that Teemol Nadakal, with support from her husband Mat, has opened Always Best Care of Northern Dallas. Located at 6401 Eldorado Pkwy, Suite 328, the new McKinney-based agency provides senior care to communities throughout McKinney and the surrounding areas of Allen and East Frisco.

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. (November 1, 2017)—Transducers USA, a supplier of audible signal devices, has announced the introduction of its new low frequency piezo audio indicators. These solid-state devices are ideal replacements for electro-mechanical audio devices that include moving parts, which eventually wear out.  This innovation represents a new approach to engineering audible signal devices as compared to the use of older electro-mechanical technology.