OLD FORGE, Penn. (June 20, 2017)—Rich Golden, CEO of Golden Technologies, was recently honored by Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania with the Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the annual Business Hall of Fame Dinner & Awards Ceremony.

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (June 20, 2017)—Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare’s VP of Pressure Prevention, Karen Lerner, will present “Befuddled about Bed Support Surfaces? Become an Expert” at the RESNA 2017 Annual Conference June 30 at the Hilton Riverside in New Orleans, Louisiana.

“Every patient is different,” said Lerner. “Using the right bed support surface for the patient’s specific needs will affect positive clinical outcomes where everyone can win—patients and providers alike.”

WATERLOO, Iowa (June 20, 2017)—VGM and U.S. Rehab collaborated with Variety—the Children’s Charity, and Rifton to donate Rifton Adaptive Tricycles to four children residing in Waterloo, Iowa—VGM’s corporate headquarters.

The tricycles were presented to the children and their families in a special ceremony on Monday, June 12 during the Heartland Conference Hog Roast and Fireworks social event.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (June 20, 2017)—Evans Incorporated, a provider of human-centered organizational, process, technology and operational consulting solutions focused on fail-safe solutions in health care and aviation announces today that it is hosting an Emergency Preparedness Webinar on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 from 12–1 PM ET to discuss the procedural and regulatory challenges related to health care emergency preparedness.

States Lag in Keeping Medicaid Enrollees Out of Nursing Homes
States are not doing enough to help elderly and disabled Medicaid enrollees receive services in homes and community locations instead of in nursing homes, where care is more expensive, AARP report says. (Kaiser Health News via U.S. News & World Report)