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.
BOSTON (June 30, 2016)—Software firm Orbita, Inc., announced its partnership with Awrel, which recently unveiled a HIPAA-compliant mobile and web-based messaging application for quick, easy and secure communication and collaboration in the dental industry.
—via AAHomecare
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 30, 2016)—We’re just two days away from the second phase of bidding-derived cuts for rural and non-bid area suppliers. With the House currently out of session, there’s no chance of action before July 1.
