Archive: January 2025
ADA, Xeris partner on glucagon campaign
January 22, 2025HME News Staff
CHICAGO and ARLINGTON, Va. - The American Diabetes Association and a national supporter, Xeris Pharmaceuticals, have formed a multi-year strategic partnership to reinforce the importance of prescribing glucagon for all individuals with diabetes who are treated with insulin and/or insulin secretagogues or those at high risk of hypoglycemia. "Severe hypoglycemia is life-threatening, and people with diabetes on blood glucose-lowering medication are at risk for hypoglycemia,” said Charles...
AOPA to donate $1M to advance O&P
January 22, 2025HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association will donate $1 million over the next five years to the Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research. The donation will support the O&P Foundation’s mission to advance the art and science of orthotic and prosthetic rehabilitation by enhancing clinical practices through professional training awards, promoting educational opportunities through academic scholarships, strengthening the body of knowledge through...
Complaint alleges Walgreens dispensed ‘unlawful’ prescriptions
January 22, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice, in a civil complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, alleges that Walgreens Boots Alliance, Walgreen Co. and various subsidiaries (collectively, Walgreens) dispensed millions of unlawful prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) and then sought reimbursement for many of these prescriptions from various federal health care programs in violation the False Claims Act (FCA).
Walgreens...
Tech Talks offers solutions, enables adoption
January 22, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor
DALLAS – Tech Talks at Medtrade next month will feature an expanded number of time slots, and, at press time, 12 of those were confirmed by the likes of Tennr, Parachute Health and Valere Health.
Tech Talks, an area carved out on the show floor for companies offering various tech solutions, debuted at Medtrade in 2024 and was a “great success,” says Chris Kinard, COO at Valere Health, its exclusive sponsor.
“It’s a trade show – the whole goal...
In brief: Knack for RCM, Valley Vital investment, Honest Medical donation
January 22, 2025HME News Staff
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – Knack RCM, a provider of tech-enabled, end-to-end and customizable revenue cycle management services, has acquired HealthyBOS, a U.S. and Philippines-based provider of RCM services specializing in DME. The acquisition significantly expands Knack RCM’s fulfillment capabilities in the Philippines, growing its in-country team from 200 to 1,500 employees, and enhances its presence and expertise in the RCM market for DME. “This acquisition marks a transformative milestone...
Knack RCM 'redefines’ RCM with HealthyBOS
January 21, 2025HME News Staff
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. – Knack RCM, a provider of tech-enabled, end-to-end and customizable revenue cycle management services, has acquired HealthyBOS, a U.S. and Philippines-based provider of RCM services specializing in DME.
The acquisition significantly expands Knack RCM’s fulfillment capabilities in the Philippines, growing its in-country team from 200 to 1,500 employees, and enhances its presence and expertise in the RCM market for DME.
“This acquisition marks a transformative...
Honest Medical donates to support fire victims
January 21, 2025HME News Staff
OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Honest Medical has donated $20,000 in much-needed food and health care supplies to organizations that are helping the victims of the devastating Los Angeles fires. The supplies, which include shelf-stable energy bars, gloves, N95 masks, blankets and other necessities, are being provided to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank and the Los Angeles Animal Services. The company wants to spread awareness of these donations to encourage other businesses to provide similar help....
VGM names VP of vendor contracts
January 21, 2025HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM & Associates has named Randy Piper, a seasoned health care executive with a successful track record of creating, selling and implementing profitable, cost-saving supply chain contracting programs for integrated delivery networks, as vice president of vendor contract management. In his new role, Piper will be responsible for driving new vendor business development, optimizing contracts and ensuring compliance across all vendor agreements. “Randy is a welcome addition...
Researchers use CGM-based metrics for evaluating diabetes control
January 21, 2025HME News Staff
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Data from continuous glucose monitors can predict nerve, eye and kidney damage caused by Type 1 diabetes, researchers at the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology have found. This suggests doctors may be able to use data from CGMs to help save patients from blindness, diabetic neuropathy and other conditions, they say. “The landmark 10-year, 1,440-person Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT), published in 1993, established hemoglobin A1c...
AMA supports MedPAC on payment update
January 20, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The American Medical Association supports a recommendation from MedPAC to link next year’s physician payment update to the growth in the cost of providing care. MedPAC recently voted to recommend a 2026 payment update of Medicare Economic Index minus 1%, slightly adjusting the formula it endorsed last year to increase payment by 50% of MEI. “While neither recommendation covers the estimated inflation that physician practices face, both approaches embrace the fact that...