Tag: Broda Seating
Broda prioritizes education
April 7, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ST. LOUIS – Brenda Mahon, OTD, OTR, the clinical education manager for Broda, plans to host clinical chats almost every month in 2023 to educate more clinicians about seating and mobility.
Mahon, who joined the company in July of 2022, planned to co-host the chat in January with Anna Sokol, RN, MN, BScN, BScKin, a clinical education specialist with Motion Concepts in Canada, to talk about how to select a cushion.
“As an OT for 25 years, one of the biggest things I’ve...
In brief: Pharmacy deserts, new CEO at National HME, OM donation
October 28, 2022HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association and the University of Southern California are collaborating on a new interactive mapping tool that could promote health equity by identifying pharmacy shortage areas in the United States. The tool can also help policymakers see the consequences of pharmacy benefit manager practices that are believed to contribute to pharmacy access issues. The tool shows nearly one in four neighborhoods nationwide are pharmacy shortage areas....
Broda: We're 'open for business' in US
December 1, 2014Liz Beaulieu, Editor
KITCHENER, Ontario - Broda Seating is officially a free agent.The Canadian manufacturer's tilt-and-recline positioning chairs have been available in the U.S. exclusively through nine HME providers for 15 years, but they only became available to providers nationwide earlier this year.“Broda has long established partners that it continues to work with, but it reached a point where expansion of distribution became necessary to provide customers better access to the products,” said Tricia...
In brief: NGS details reasons for denials, TiLite shakes up representation
November 8, 2013HME News Staff
INDIANAPOLIS - Prior authorization requests submitted as part of the PMD demo are being denied because of conflicting information in face-to-face exams and other medical records, and insufficient face-to-face exam information, National Government Services (NGS) announced in a recent bulletin. The list of reasons covers denials as of Oct. 24. NGS says face-to-face exams often do not specify: how a PMD will sufficiently improve the beneficiary's daily life; what are the beneficiary's mobility limitations...