Archive: June 2025
DarioHealth, GreenKey seek to ‘reshape’ sleep apnea
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
NEW YORK and SAN FRANCISCO – A new strategic commercial agreement unites DarioHealth’s clinically validated cardiometabolic and behavioral artificial intelligence-powered health solutions with GreenKey’s “sleep-first” approach to obstructive sleep apnea management. The companies say they aim to drive awareness and secure payer contracts through a robust multi-channel marketing plan designed to engage Commercial, ASO ('Administrative Services Only), Medicaid and Medicare...
BraunAbility makes Accessibility 100 list
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
WINAMAC, Ind. - BraunAbility has been honored by Forbes in its first-ever Accessibility 100 list recognizing the top global innovators and impact-makers in accessibility. The company says its inclusion on the list reflects its longstanding leadership in advancing mobility and independence worldwide. “BraunAbility was founded on the belief that mobility should never be a barrier to independence,” said Craig Schrimsher, president of BraunAbility Americas. “Being recognized by Forbes...
NCART: Complete survey on rear anti-tip devices
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - NCART is asking providers to complete a survey from the Wheelchair Research Team at Dalhousie University on rear anti-tip devices (RADs) for manual wheelchairs. This 20-minute survey focuses on a new design, the Arc-RAD, that the team hopes to refine and commercialize. “Your insights could directly influence the next generation of RADs and ensure that they truly meet the needs of riders and providers alike,” NCART states. “We also hope that you will find the survey...
Doc sentenced for $6.3M brace scheme
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
DETROIT – A Michigan doctor has been sentenced to four years in prison for a $6.3 million Medicare fraud scheme in which elderly and disabled patients were sent thousands of orthotic braces that they did not need. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Sophie Toya, M.D., 56, of Bloomfield Hills, prescribed more than 7,900 orthotic braces to more than 2,600 Medicare patients during a six-month period. The patients were solicited through deceptive television commercials...
CMS: ‘Model will help root out waste in original Medicare’
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the launch of the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) model, a new initiative aimed at improving and expediting the prior authorization process for original Medicare. This innovative model will partner with companies that specialize in enhanced technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), to test more efficient ways to manage prior authorization.
The WISeR model builds on a previous...
Current Health no longer part of Best Buy
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
BOSTON – Current Health, which was acquired by Best Buy in 2021, is once again an independent business under the leadership of CEO and Co-Founder Chris McGhee.
A number of other members of the company’s team, including Co-Founder Stewart Whiting, are also returning.
“We’ll be recommitting to our mission and building a world-leading organization with an integrated and intelligent solution for shifting more health care into home and community settings,”...
Aeroflow invests in Western North Carolina
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - Aeroflow Health has launched a new philanthropic giving program that aims to give back several million dollars to the western North Carolina community over the next five years.
Along with offering financial support to local non-profit organizations, Aeroflow is empowering employees to actively participate in building a stronger and healthier community by providing 16 hours of annual Community Day PTO for volunteer work.
“Investing in Western North Carolina...
In brief: DOJ’s $10.6B takedown, Current Health’s Best Buy breakup, AdaptHealth’s deal close
June 30, 2025HME News Staff
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - In the largest health care fraud case by loss amount ever charged by the U.S. Department of Justice, 11 individuals associated with a transnational criminal organization based in Russa and elsewhere have been charged with allegedly:
Purchasing dozens of durable medical equipment (DME) companies
Paying foreign nationals and others to serve as nominee owners
Creating fictitious corporate records that falsely indicated that the nominee owners controlled the...
Tech-driven patient engagement: Experts urge providers to modernize resupply strategies
June 27, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WATERLOO, Iowa – Sleep and tech experts at VGM & Associates, ACU-Serve and Synthpop told HME providers at the Heartland Conference in June that they have more communication tools at their disposal than ever for top-notch resupply programs.
With adherence to CPAP therapy so important – “Less compliance, less orders,” said Kyle Neese, a senior account executive for ACU-Serve – they need to take advantage of those tools, they say.
“You can’t...
From comfort zone to growth zone: Quality DME’s strategic southern move
June 27, 2025HME News Staff
LORTON, Va. – With a new location set to open in Raleigh, N.C., its first in the state, Quality DME is excited to get “out of its comfort zone,” says President Mike Austin.
The new location, the company’s seventh, is in an area with numerous medical facilities.
“We’ve historically been Maryland and Virginia, so we're kind of breaking barriers heading south,” said Austin. “We think Raleigh is going to be a really great opportunity...