LENEXA, Kan. (April 7, 2015)—Mediware Information Systems Inc. and Rock-Pond Solutions have signed an agreement to jointly distribute software products and collaborate on new products.
Both companies are long-term suppliers to the post-acute health care market. Their combined offerings provide an end-to-end technology solution for providers who deliver home infusion (IV), home medical equipment (HME) and specialty pharmacy services to patients.
LAS VEGAS (April 1, 2015)—The voting is in, and the top prize in the biannual Innovative HME Retail Product Awards, sponsored by HomeCare magazine, has been selected. It came down to 12 products and 11 companies.
The first place winner is the iWALK 2.0 Hands Free Crutch from iWalkFree Inc.
LAS VEGAS (April 1, 2015)—The final day of Medtrade Spring ended with four different exhibitors taking home awards. The New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards, sponsored by HomeCare magazine, yielded three winners.
1. The TwoCan Cane by TwoCan Cane took home the award in the Gold Category.
OMAHA, Neb. (April 1, 2015)—Home Instead Inc., the franchisor for Home Instead Senior Care, a provider of in-home care for seniors, announced recently that company president Jeff Huber will also take on the role of CEO, effective April 15. Current CEO Roger Baumgart will become CEO emeritus and remain executive director of the Home Instead Senior Care Foundation.
ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS (March 31, 2015)—Apacheta, a provider of mobile medical logistics solutions, and Brightree, a provider of cloud-based clinical, business management and billing software solutions for the post-acute care industry, announced today the general availability of an integrated mobile delivery management solution to home medical equipment (HME) providers. Leading HME providers including QMES are implementing this solution to their mobile workforces.
SAINT MARYS, Penn. (April 1, 2015)—Allegheny Software Publishers Inc, a provider of home health care software solutions, recently announced that it will incorporate content from PEPID, a provider of medical and drug decision support content, into its home health care software solution, HHC 3000, in order to improve the accuracy and safety of patient care.
From the CMS blog, Dr. Patrick Conway discusses The Next Generation ACO Model:
Building on the Success of the ACO Model
By Patrick Conway, M.D., deputy administrator for innovation and quality and chief medical officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
