PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y. (October 1, 2013)—Drive Medical announced the newly redesigned Trident power wheelchair. The Trident’s unique shroudless design gives the chair a clean, modern look and shows off its durable, ultra-strong frame. The Trident’s extra-large, front-mounted drive wheel gives the chair maximum stability and provides ideal performance over outdoor obstacles. The Trident is also great indoors, navigating tight, enclosed spaces with ease.

LAKE WALES, Fla. (October 1, 2013)—Developers of sleep therapy solutions, 3B, announced the launch of iCode Connect, a cloud-based information management system that makes transferring sleep reports seamless. iCode Connect integrates with 3B’s free smartphone app, a first-of-its-kind app that decodes and sends sleep reports with the snap of a photo.

ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO (Sept. 2, 2013)—Brightree LLC, a provider of cloud-based clinical, billing and business management software solutions for the post-acute care industry, and ResMed, a product developer for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing and respiratory conditions, have signed an electronic data exchange agreement to help joint customers streamline business processes by ordering ResMed equipment directly from the Brightree platform.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 4, 2013)—During the Federal government shutdown, OIG will continue to send notices of updates to its website with information about our Medicare and Medicaid oversight and enforcement activities, which will continue under its mandatory funding. Its fraud and abuse hotline will also continue operations. Most other OIG activities will be suspended during the lapse in appropriations.

On October 1, CMS announced the single payment amounts for the Round 1 Re-compete of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program and began offering contracts to successful bidders.