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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 24, 2016)—Unifying the voices of consumer advocates nationwide, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and VGM Group Inc. today announced merger plans for their respective consumer advocacy groups into a single, industry-wide consumer advocacy platform.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 24, 2016)—CMS’s recently published statement on Medicare assignment rate information is grossly inadequate for evaluating the impact of the first round of deep competitive-bidding derived pricing cuts on patients in rural and non-bid areas. CMS’s report is vague and fails to provide important details:
FRESNO, Calif. (May 24, 2016)—Today, Sunrise Medical announced the Zippie IRIS (Intelligent-Rotation-in-Space) wheelchair is now available with a folding option providing compact portability. With its pediatric-specific design, the Zippie IRIS offers a superior combination of positioning, maneuverability and now with the patented XLOCK folding crossbrace, folds into a compact size for convenient transport.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 24, 2016)—All four DME MACs recently issued clarification on WOPD requirements as defined in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). AAHomecare has had several meetings with CMS regarding the ACA requirements and how the WOPD does not have to be the DWOPD (detailed written order prior to delivery). You can find the clarification here. This link is to the NHIC website—however, you can find the same information on all four DME MAC websites.
