Tag: ATF Medical

NEWNAN, Ga. – David Bedard, ATP, C.H.A.M.P., has joined ATF Medical as manager of complex rehab technology. Bedard oversees day-to-day operations and quality assurance for a team of professionals who help workers comp payers obtain rehab and mobility equipment and adaptive housing solutions for injured workers. He also coordinates ongoing training for staff on products and services. “David’s vast knowledge of complex rehab equipment is a great asset to our clients,” said ATF...

NEWNAN, Ga. – ATF Medical has introduced a Pressure Injury Prevention and Intervention Program to make sure injured workers have all the information they need to prevent or properly treat pressure injuries or wounds. “There is a large body of information from credible nursing, rehabilitation and equipment manufacturers about pressure injuries, but it is not all in one place and not customized to the individual and circulated to all the providers who need it,” said Edwina Murphy,...

NEWNAN, Ga. – ATF Medical has promoted Rick Wyche to executive director of sales, marketing and business development. As a member of the company’s senior leadership team, Wyche sets business development strategy and oversees the marketing and account management teams. “Rick’s compassion and curiosity led to in-depth knowledge of the industry, particularly the sophisticated power chairs that so many injured workers rely on,” said Sid Glover, CEO. “Over the years,...

WOODBRIDGE, Va. – ATF Medical, which provides medical equipment and adaptive housing solutions to the workers compensation industry, has added Reneé Espiritu as manager of catastrophic care. In this newly created position, Espiritu coordinates all medical equipment and supplies, along with adaptive housing needs, for seriously injured workers. “Reneé streamlines the process of acquiring all the specialized medical equipment and home modifications that a complex case needs,”...

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - When an injured worker told Kevin Wallace, a rehab specialist at ATF Medical, that he was looking for a special stroller to take his 2-year-old daughter with him safely on rides through a nearby state park, Wallace just listened. “That's why God gave you two ears and one mouth, so you can listen first and talk later,” said Wallace. “So I listened and did research, and found that there was really nothing on the market that was what he was looking for.”...

ATF Medical has hired Edwina Murphy, OTR, ATP, as director of rehab technology. Murphy, who is based in Houston, most recently worked as a rehabilitation technology specialist with Great American Mobility, and has previously worked with National Seating & Mobility. Woodbridge, Va.-based ATF Medical is a provider of medical equipment and adaptive housing solutions to the workers' compensation market…Crystal Ewing, director of product for eSolutions, has been elected as Board Chair of the Cooperative...

WASHINGTON - The 2020 Medicare fee schedule grants 1.6% to 2.4% CPI-U increases in several categories, AAHomecare reports. The fee schedule includes a 2.4% increase for former competitive bidding areas and a 2.4% increase for diabetes supplies in the national mail-order program. It also includes a 1.6% increase for non-rural areas. The fee schedule for rural/non-contiguous areas will be 50% of the unadjusted fee schedule (2015) and 50% of the new adjusted fee schedule. The fee schedule for...

John Sphon has been named CEO of Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health, according to Triblive.com. He had been serving as acting CEO since last spring after the abrupt departure of both the former CEO and COO. Sphon previously served as president of Excela's MedCare Equipment Company and has been with Excela and its predecessors for more than 35 years. “(Sphon) is highly skilled in such areas as business development and operations, establishing and nurturing effective physician relationships...

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - With its new senior rehab consultant Melissa Freeman, ATF Medical now has 11 ATPs on staff.Freeman, an ATP and CEAS, brings skills in assistive communication to the company, which provides medical equipment and adaptive house solutions for the workers' compensation market.“I had a lot of clients who received, used and benefited from speech and language devices," she said. "They're utilized a lot more than they used to be as technology becomes more universal. Before, communication...

Woodbridge, Va.-based ATF Medical, a provider of medical equipment and adaptive housing solutions to the workers' compensation market, has hired Melissa Freeman, ATP, CEAS, as senior rehabilitation consultant. She has more than 30 years of experience in assistive technology, vocational rehab, and seating and mobility. Most recently, she worked for Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation in Rome, Ga., where she served as the assistive work technology team lead…Winter Park, Fla.-based HomeCare Connect, which...