WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 6, 2016)—Results are in from the most recent HME Audit Key survey. The latest round of results including ADRs from October 1, 2015 thru March 31, 2016, show the following:
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 6, 2016)—The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC)—a coalition of the nation’s home oxygen therapy providers and manufacturing companies—commended Congressman Tom Price (R-GA), David Loebsack (D-IA), Cathy McMorris-Rogers (R-WA), Peter Welch (D-VT) and their colleagues in the United States House of Representatives, for passing the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment (PADME) Act (H.R.
Jeff ShieldsWINTER HAVEN, Fla. (July 5, 2016)—3B Medical Products is happy to announce the addition of Jeff Shields to the staff as the new vice president of sales. Shields brings more than 30 years of HME manufacturer experience with him in management, sales and distribution.
BALL GROUND, Ga. (July 4, 2016)—CAIRE, Inc., a Chart Industries Company, has made major improvements to their AirSep FreeStyle and FreeStyle 5 portable oxygen concentrators.
Functionally, the power supply connections have been redesigned and will now feature a robust metal connector with no pins to align and no release button to press.
Physician Signature Worries Home Health Agencies in Pre-Claim Demo
With just more than one month before the start of CMS's Pre-Claim Review Demonstration for Home Health Services, agencies in the five-state pilot program are eagerly looking for clarification on compliance requirements. (Amy Baxter/Home Health Care News)
The staff at HomeCare would like to acknowledge the death of Edward Vishnevetsky, who passed away June 20, 2016, while on vacation in Costa Rica. He was a contributing writer for the magazine, whose depth and breadth of health care law knowledge educated readers for five-plus years in his Case Studies column—and beyond that, Edward was an accomplished attorney who headed the Dallas Health Law Practice at K&L Gates.
WATERLOO, Iowa (June 30, 2016)—Advocacy group People for Quality Care is calling on HME providers to engage their patients in immediate advocacy. The organization joins the VGM Group, American Association for Homecare and state associations in a grassroots effort focused on garnering Congressional support for a joint solution to Medicare’s competitive bidding program by July 15.
MELBOURNE, Australia (June 30, 2016)—Point of Rental Software announced the integration of its rental management software products with Xero, a leader in cloud-based accounting software.
DALLAS (June 30, 2016)—Epic Health Services, Inc., a portfolio company of Webster Capital and Dallas-based provider of pediatric skilled nursing, therapy, developmental, enteral and respiratory services, announced today CEO Chris Roussos was honored as the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2016 for the Southwest in the health category.