FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (September 15, 2016)—Louis Feuer, MA, MSW, president of Dynamic Seminars, long-time industry expert and nationally known customer service, sales and marketing guru, announced his first online series of courses and lectures at training.dynamicseminars.com.
Senators Push for Pre-Claim Delay After "Complete Mess" in Illinois
Two U.S. Senators have called for a controversial home health pre-claim review demonstration program to be delayed in Florida, and they reiterated concerns over how pre-claim threatens providers and patients. (Tim Mullaney/Home Health Care News)
SARASOTA, Fla. (September 8, 2016)—Harmar is pleased to announce a new partnership with Wheelchairs 4 Kids, a non-profit organization that is focused of providing the gift of mobility to children. This partnership offers a structure that helps Wheelchairs 4 Kids provide scooter and wheelchair lifts to the charity’s recipients. Harmar, along with its dealers, will help from evaluation of needs to the arrangement of installation and ongoing support.
ATLANTA (September 8, 2016)—Provider Web Capital continues to bring solutions to meet the needs of health care small business owners. In August, the company highlighted their patent-pending Remit ATM solution. This product allows medical business owners to get paid immediately when they receive an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) notice from a payer.
CARY, N.C. and ATLANTA (September 8, 2016)—The Florida Alliance of Home Care Services (FAHCS) and the Georgia Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers (GAMES) have teamed up to hold their annual meeting together in centrally located Amelia Island (Nassau County, Florida) beginning September 11, and wrapping up with the VGM Mission Possible (CEU) Program on September 13.
WATERLOO, Iowa (September 7, 2016)—VGM’s Government Relations team is spearheading a grassroots effort to recruit hospital executives to join the fight against Medicare’s most recent cut to reimbursements.
On July 1 DME providers incurred an additional 25 percent cut for Medicare reimbursements due to the Competitive Bidding Program. Many sectors across the health care industry are feeling the aftershock of difficulties stemming from the DME industry.
NEW YORK (September 7, 2016)—Alliance Homecare, a concierge home health care provider serving individuals and families in New York City, Long Island, Westchester and the Lower Hudson Valley, announced the addition of Mary Azadian, RN, as director of nursing and Carol Kushner, LMSW, CMC, as director of care management.
ATLANTA (September 7, 2016)—Team USA, the current and back-to-back World Cup Power Soccer champions, will play exhibition games at Medtrade on November 1 in Atlanta. Players will be introduced in the morning at the Washington Update session hosted by AAHomecare, where United States Representative Tom Price (R-Ga) has been invited to speak. Two full exhibition games, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, will be played on the show floor.
LONDON and AMSTERDAM (September 7, 2016)—Royal Philips announced preliminary results of an independent, multicenter Home Oxygen Therapy-Home Mechanical Ventilation (HOT-HMV) study carried out by respiratory experts at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. Philips’s work in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) started several decades ago when it began providing health care professionals and patients with innovative treatment solutions and services.
SAN DIEGO (September 7, 2016)—ResMed welcomed positive results from a multicenter, randomized controlled trial known as HOT-HMV. The study was presented today during the 2016 European Respiratory Society International Congress in London.