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Aeroflow Health supports new moms in VA
May 20, 2024HME News Staff
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Aeroflow Health is now serving the Virginia Medicaid population with lactation consultations. The company’s partnership with the state Medicaid program and its managed care organizations will connect new mothers to a network of lactation consultants and other maternal health services at little to no cost for them. “Aeroflow’s mission is to improve postpartum health outcomes for new mothers,” said Nicole Peluso, IBCLC, CD, CAHPE, Manager of Lactation...
Mobility & More marks 20 years
May 20, 2024HME News Staff
LOVELAND, Colo. – Mobility & More, which specializes in power mobility and complex rehab, credits a small but mighty team with more than 120 years of experience for its success over the past 20 years in business. It was incorporated in 2003 with Kyleen Black as president and opened its doors in 2004. “The business we are in is rewarding almost beyond description,” the company stated in a press release. “We are challenged daily with providing solutions that improve the lives...
Golden wins VA contract for scooters
May 20, 2024HME News Staff
OLD FORGE, Pa. – Golden Technologies has been awarded its fourth consecutive five-year contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to supply mobility products. The company submitted scooters in five categories and was awarded contracts for all of them. “We are ecstatic and incredibly honored to have been awarded the contract to continue providing top-of-the-line power mobility scooters to our veterans and introduce even more exceptional models in additional categories with this...
Quipt makes play for diabetes
May 17, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
CINCINNATI – Quipt Home Medical has dipped its toe into the diabetes market, which company execs say represents a “promising avenue” for growth.
The company started testing the market in fiscal 2023, offering CGMs and supplies in certain markets, CEO Greg Crawford said on a call to discuss second fiscal quarter 2024 earnings.
“The early signs have looked pretty good for us, so now we're in the process of expanding that around the rest of the company,”...
Synapse Health: ‘There’s something in this for everyone’
May 17, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
EVANSTON, Ill. – Synapse Health’s Tony Kilgore hopes his background in DME will offer some reassurance to reluctant providers as the company implements its new capitated agreement with UnitedHealthcare.
The agreement, for standard DME in Georgia and North Carolina for UHC’s Medicare Advantage plan members enrolled in HMO and PPO plan, was announced May 1 and takes effect Aug.1.
“We're all from the industry, we've walked in the shoes, we've...
Wearables are a benefit – ‘full stop’
May 17, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – Wearables like the Samsung Galaxy Watch will raise awareness of the importance of sleep on health and increase the number of people seeking CPAP therapy, according to nearly 73% of respondents to a recent HME Newspoll.
The Galaxy recently received de novo authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use to detect signs of obstructive sleep apnea.
“Information is key to decision-making,” wrote one respondent. “Many people are...
High-tech wheelchairs: AAH pivots strategy on bill, plans blitz on Capitol Hill
May 17, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and its champions in the House of Representatives have modified the language of a bill to improve access to titanium and carbon fiber wheelchairs for Medicare beneficiaries and will make it the focus of a new congressional fly-in scheduled for September.
H.R. 5371, the “Choices for Increased Mobility Act,” would now establish two or more HCPCS codes for the base of an ultralightweight manual wheelchair depending on the construction material used,...
In brief: Philips sues SoClean – again, AAH re-engages lawmakers, Enos re-enters sleep market
May 17, 2024HME News Staff
PITTSBURGH – Philips has sued SoClean in a bid to get the company, whose ozone cleaners it says “attacks” the foam in its CPAP devices, to pay part of its recently announced $1.1 billion settlement.
Philips announced the settlement in April to resolve the personal injury litigation and the medical monitoring class action related to a recall of certain sleep and respiratory devices in the U.S.
“(SoClean’s) negligent and intentionally misleading...
Philips wants SoClean to pay part of settlement
May 16, 2024HME News Staff
PITTSBURGH – Philips has sued SoClean in a bid to get the company, whose ozone cleaners it says “attacks” the foam in its CPAP devices, to pay part of its recently announced $1.1 billion settlement.
Philips announced the settlement in April to resolve the personal injury litigation and the medical monitoring class action related to a recall of certain sleep and respiratory devices in the U.S.
“(SoClean’s) negligent and intentionally misleading...
AAH: Keep the message alive
May 16, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare is calling for stakeholders to be a “force multiplier” to the more than 140 meetings that were held on Wednesday with lawmakers and their staff on the need to extend 75/25 blended Medicare reimbursement rates in non-rural areas.
The meetings took place as part of a fly-in organized by AAHomecare and attended by nearly 60 industry leaders.
“The message is simple: Ask your senators and representatives to reach out to leadership in their...