HENRIETTA, N.Y. (March 28, 2017)—Respiratory Services of Western New York, Inc., has officially opened a new retail store at 535 Summit Point Drive, Henrietta, New York, with a ribbon cutting ceremony held Thursday, March 23, 2017. With members of the community, local hospital representatives and Respiratory Services of WNY personnel represented, attendees were able to take tours of the new store and look at the broad selection of medical equipment that will be provided.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 27, 2017)—Each year the HME community comes together in Washington, D.C. to advocate and strengthen relationships in Congress. It is a critical gathering, made stronger by greater numbers of participants demonstrating how important our relatively small share of the Medicare budget is to the entire health care continuum.

SAN FRANCISCO (March 27, 2017)—Medifab, a medical device company, has announced it will deploy Promapp’s cloud-based business process management software to support the company’s global expansion and comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and international quality standards.

Vitamin E and Selenium Fail to Prevent Alzheimer’s

—via AAHomecare (March 23, 2017)—Earlier today AAHomecare shared HME industry recommendations for fixing significant problems with CMS’s DMEPOS competitive bidding program with HHS Secretary Tom Price. The recommendations focus on six major areas:

LONDON (March 23, 2017)—A recent study evaluating the use of continuous diffusion of oxygen (CDO) therapy in people suffering from diabetic foot ulcers has shown that they may benefit significantly from the treatment, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.

—via AAHomecare, WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 22, 2017)—As first reported in late January, CMS included bundling CPAP devices, related accessories, and services on a monthly basis for Round 2019 of competitive bidding for HME, starting with five new CBAs specific to CPAP products only.