WATERLOO, Iowa (November 4, 2019)—VGM is now accepting proposals from prospective speakers for its annual Heartland Conference.
With eight education tracks to fill, conference organizers are looking for presenters to offer their expertise on a variety of topics, including business leadership and management, retail, sleep and respiratory, rehab, operations, sales and marketing, home accessibility, technology and regulatory.
TUCKER, Ga. (November 1, 2019) – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) will be honored as an ABBC 2018 Top Performer in the upcoming Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge Celebration (ABBC), scheduled for Wednesday, November 6, 2019, at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. In addition to being recognized with the Atlanta facilities whose efforts over the past year produced the highest levels of energy and water savings, FODAC will also be accepting the 2018 Nonprofit Leadership MVP Award.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (November 1, 2019)—Life365, a provider of integrated health solutions, announced today that J & B Medical, one of the nation’s fastest-growing health care organizations, and their telehealth solutions subsidiary, HNC Virtual Solutions, has joined the consortium of partners on the Life365 Integrated Health Solution Platform.
MINNEAPOLIS (November 1, 2019)—Transcend, a provider of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) technology, announced the immediate availability of Transcend 365 miniCPAP, a CPAP and integrated heated humidifier capable of running on a single, travel-size battery
PHOENIX, Ariz. (November 1, 2019)—SPORTS ‘N SPOKES, the sports and recreation magazine of the Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA), Abilities Expo and Cure Medical, a manufacturer of intermittent catheters, are proud to announce the four grand prize winners of the popular Wheels UP! accessible travel photo contest that took place in August.
Updated November 1 with statement from NAHC
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 31, 2019)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid on Thursday, Oct. 31, issued its final rule governing the transition to the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM) for home health care—cutting its assumptions for behavioral changes almost in half.
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (October 30, 2019)—Generations Homecare System unveiled its hospitalization and ER report functionality in what is the company’s follow-up to the launch of state-specific electronic visit verification solutions as required by the United States Government’s 21st Century Cures Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 30, 2019)—On Oct. 28, the House of Representatives approved HR 647, the Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act (PCHETA), legislation that would make improvements in the training, education and provision of palliative and hospice care. The National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) has advocated for passage of this bill since it was introduced.
