CHICAGO (May 27, 2016)—In an effort to foster greater community engagement among attendees, Abilities Expo Chicago will introduce the Abilities Meet Up Zone at the Chicago Abilities Expo on June 24–26, 2016 at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 27, 2016)—The Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC)—a coalition of the nation’s leading home respiratory therapy providers and manufacturing companies—warned that findings released from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) signal fundamental flaws in the competitive bidding rate setting process for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS).
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 26, 2016)—The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health & Human Services today released a report that raises more concerns about the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) ill-conceived competitive bidding program for home medical equipment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 26, 2016)—A group of national and state associations sent a letter to Congressional leaders today urging passage of the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016 (S.2736 and H.R. 5210), bipartisan legislation that would ensure continued patient access to vital health care technology.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 26, 2016)—Some contract suppliers in Round 2 of the Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program had not met all of the competitive bidding licensure requirements. Specifically, of the 146 suppliers covered in our audit, 69 suppliers met licensure requirements. However, 63 suppliers did not meet licensure requirements for some of the competitions for which they received a contract.
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (May 25, 2016)—3B Medical, Inc. is proud to announce an advanced software integration project that will allow Somnoware to pull data from 3B Medical's iCodeConnect cloud based patient management platform.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (May 26, 2016)—Pediatric Home Service (PHS) former managing director of Home Care Nursing, Sandi Maguire, BS-SOWK, RRT-NPS, LRT, has been honored as Minnesota’s Home Care Professional of the year.
This prestigious award recognizes an individual who brings commitment, enthusiasm and compassion to their work.
MORRISVILLE, NC (May 26, 2016)—SunTech Medical has launched a new website at suntechmed.com. The site offers customers streamlined access to information on the SunTech Medical lines of non-invasive blood pressure measurement devices and OEM technologies.