THOUSAND OAKS, Calf. (October 12, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems announced its Live Asset Tracking System, which allows medical devices such as ventilators, infusion pumps, monitors, wheelchairs, beds and other high-value items to be tracked and monitored. The system includes a small device and software. The device can be affixed to any medical equipment, according to the company, and the software tracks the physical location of the device in real-time.
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NORWOOD, Mass. (October 11, 2018)—Reliable Respiratory a home respiratory and specialty medical equipment provider in New England, announced that it has acquired the ventilation business line of Enos Home Medical. The acquisition provides Reliable Respiratory with additional scale in southern New England and an enhanced ventilation product offering.
ORANGEBURG, N.Y. (October 3, 2018)—Dynarex, a medical products brand and provider of disposable medical supplies, announced the launch of a durable medical products (DME) line to round out their current product portfolio.
How an enterprise resource planning platform creates structure
Meeting supply chain challenges in Hawaii
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (August 29, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems officially announced its Facility Portal, which allows DME providers to sell to health care facilities through an online shopping portal that is linked to their back-office billing operations, inventory and delivery systems.
CAPE CORAL, Fla. (August 8, 2018)—Merits Health Products announces the hiring of Joe McKnight as western regional sales manager. McKnight has worked in, managed and owned companies in complex rehab technology, DME, medical products and services industries since 1977.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (July 24, 2018)—Providers have the opportunity to become a certified durable medical equipment specialist (CDME). The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is conducting a program, August 29–30, 2018, at its headquarters in Owings Mills, Maryland, which will allow providers to obtain the CDME certification.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (July 16, 2018)—Bonafide Management Systems announced optical character recognition (OCR) functionality. This technology allows customers to efficiently and instantly search scanned documents on the Bonafide system. OCR is included at no additional charge to Bonafide customers.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (July 10, 2018)—Aeroflow Healthcare, a durable medical equipment provider, announced that it has appointed Scott Sonnone as chief financial officer (CFO) to oversee strategic financial planning that supports Aeroflow’s national growth objectives.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 18, 2018)—The June 15 release of MedPAC’s report to Congress on Medicare and the health care delivery system represents another missed opportunity by the Commission to address the serious problems with Medicare’s competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment (DME) as well as the disastrous application of bidding-derived pricing to rural and other less-populous communities, stated the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare).
CHICAGO (June 13, 2018)—Linden Capital Partners has acquired Solara Medical Supplies, a direct-to-patient distributor of diabetes therapy products including continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps.
Solara Medical was founded in 2002 by Tod Robinson and is headquartered in Chula Vista, Califorina, with additional offices in Michigan, Texas and Alabama (solaramedicalsupplies.com).
Report does not adequately assess beneficiary access issues, CQRC says.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 29, 2018)—The Council on Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC) today warned a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG)—Round 2 Competitive Bidding for Oxygen: Continued Access For Vast Majority of Beneficiaries—underestimates the negative impact the Competitive Bidding Program for Durable Medicare Equipment (DME) continues to have on beneficiary access to home respiratory supplies and services.
WATERLOO, Iowa (May 21, 2018)—The Durable Medical Equipment Repair and Training (DMERT) Group has been launched as a new certification body for the durable medical equipment (DME) and complex rehab technology (CRT) industry.
Grace period for death or retirement restored.
Via AAHomecare, WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 28, 2018)—AAHomecare has been working for many months with CMS and the Jurisdiction D Council to fix a claims system problem related to physician’s PECOS enrollment.
MOBILE, Ala. (February 21, 2017)—Supreme Medical, a national wholesale distributor of medical supplies and DME, has launched a new Homecare & Post-Acute catalog.
Packed with over 40,000 items from more than 700 manufacturers, Supreme Medical will use this new resource to continue to build its homecare division that is focused on serving HME/DME providers, independent pharmacies, home health agencies and hospice care providers across the nation.
Concerns over cuts and bid limits exist for rural providers.
Via AAHomecare, WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 14, 2018)—The recently released FY 2019 budget proposal from the White House includes several items related to DME. AAHomecare has especially strong concerns about the first item noted below and plans to talk to the Administration for clarification.
Provisions found in the budget proposal and an HHS summary document include:
Highlights issues and trends facing the HME community
WATERLOO, Iowa (January 31, 2018)—VGM Group, Inc. announced the official release of its latest playbook, Industry Snapshots: Forecasting 2018.
The playbook is the first in a series of comprehensive, downloadable resources that will highlight issues, trends and opportunities facing the HME community.
Enforcing MAP and patient training are a must
End of the year reflections and a forward look
Connecting with Congress to advocate for access is vital.
WATERLOO, Iowa (December 12, 2017)—In a nationwide survey, over half of Medicare beneficiaries reported problems obtaining medically needed home medical equipment (HME) such as oxygen and wheelchairs under Medicare’s Competitive Bidding program.