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WASHINGTON – AAHomecare urges members to reach out to lawmakers over the next two weeks to prime the pump for its upcoming Leadership Legislative Fly-In on May 15, when more than 50 AAHomecare board & council leaders are set to meet with about 140 offices in the House of Representatives and the Senate. Advocates will discuss a range of issues, including Medicare reimbursement policy – specifically, the need to pass 75/25 relief legislation that has moved through House and Senate committees...

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Aeroflow Health has expanded its network of lactation consultants and insurance payers, now offering supportive maternal services in all 50 states via telehealth. The services are available through Aeroflow Breastpumps, which also offers speech-language pathologists, registered nurses, doulas, certified perinatal mental health providers, infant sleep specialists and registered dieticians. “As part of Aeroflow Health’s mission to close the gaps in health care, we...

OCALA, Fla. – Altra Service Professionals will move its main location to Ocala, Fla., on May 20 to support its growing repair business. This new, larger location at 2140 NE 36th Ave, Unit 400A will better suit the company’s needs, offering more space to accommodate an increased number of units being serviced. “The larger space will allow us to be a better company,” says Cassidy Haug, director of operations for ASP. “We will be able to implement efficiencies through better...

NEW YORK and BOSTON – A new strategic partnership designed to advance weight management care will see LifeMD provide its GLP-1 weight-loss patients with advanced in-home health monitoring devices from Withings Health Solutions, including the Body pro 2 scale and the BPM Connect Pro blood pressure monitor. Through the partnership, LifeMD, a provider of virtual primary care services, provides clinicians with near real-time and actionable patient data that can drive compliance, enhance clinical...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — National Seating & Mobility has appointed Teresa “Terri” Kline, who most recently served as president and CEO of Health Alliance Plan, which was part of the Henry Ford Health System, to its board of directors. “Terri brings significant transformational experience and depth of knowledge from the managed care world to our board,” said Crispin Teufel, CEO. “A history of board service for growth-driven companies, strategic expertise and passion for...

PARSIPPANY, N.J. – Ascensia Diabetes Care and Senseonics Holdings have received an integrated CGM designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The designation indicates that the Eversense iCGM product can integrate with compatible medical devices, including insulin pumps. “Managing diabetes is all about personal choice and finding the options that best support an individual to live a healthier, less interrupted life,” said Brian Hansen, president of CGM at Ascensia. “For...

METAIRIE, La., and NASHVILLE, Tenn. –  RestorixHealth, a national wound care solutions company, will no longer provide Part B product supplies to residents in skilled nursing facilities as part of a new strategic agreement with Accurate Healthcare. The agreement will expand Accurate’s services and, when combined with its current offerings of specialized DME and respiratory equipment, will position the company as a scaled, complete one-stop-shop for skilled nursing facilities, it...

ELYRIA, Ohio, and IRVINE, Calif. – Invacare has announced the launch of Move for Mobility, a global fundraising initiative in collaboration with its partner, Free Wheelchair Mission. As part of the initiative in May, hundreds of Invacare employees around the world will participate to support Free Wheelchair Mission’s work in providing life-changing wheelchairs to people living in remote communities with no access to mobility equipment. Invacare employees will take part by being active...

RIDGELAND, Miss. – Soleo Health, a national provider of complex specialty pharmacy services, has opened its latest pharmacy and ambulatory infusion center (AIC) in Ridgeland, Miss. Soleo Health Jackson offers a broad range of specialty pharmacy services and infusion therapies to patients requiring complex specialty biologic and infusion therapies across Mississippi, including those in Jackson, Tupelo, Hattiesburg and throughout the Gulf Coast. “Soleo Health identified an opportunity to...

WASHINGTON – The Council for Quality Respiratory Care submitted a statement highlighting the need for Medcare to standardize the process for determining medical necessity for home oxygen therapy as part of a recent congressional hearing on “Examining How Improper Payments Cost Taxpayers Billions and Weaken Medicare and Medicaid.”  In the statement, the CQRC recommends CMS require Medicare contractors to use the clinical data element templates already created by the agency...