Tag: Carolina's Home Medical Equipment

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare has signed a lease to operate a 125,000-square-foot facility in Moreno Valley, Calif., according to The Press Enterprise. The company already has an office in Irvine. City officials say the Auckland, New Zealand-based Fisher & Paykel plans to work with them to bring manufacturing jobs to Moreno Valley and to apply for Foreign Trade Zone designation�Algona, Wash.-based EZ-Access, a division of Homecare Products, Inc., has named Cy Corgan national sales manager to strengthen...

Matthews, N.C. - Carolina's Home Medical Equipment has restructured to handle an increased demand created by the Round 1 recompete of the competitive bidding program with Andrew Trammell promoted to vice-president and CFO. The North Carolina provider has also created a new position to oversee audit activity and regulatory compliance. "I would like to hope that the audit disaster could be resolved legislatively,” said Frank Trammell, president and CEO, “but I simply do not see that happening...

BALTIMORE - Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) failed to meet one-quarter of CMS's performance standards, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG). “Given the billion of dollars awarded to Medicare Administrative Contractors and the critical role they play in administering the Medicare program, effective oversight of performance is important to ensure that they are adequately processing claims,” the OIG states. The OIG based its findings on a performance...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carolina's Home Medical Equipment is now an authorized dealer of Medela breast pumps and negative pressure wound therapy devices, the company announced Jan. 3. Under the Affordable Care Act, most insurers are now required to pay for breast pumps. “This changes the market entirely, shifting a business previously dominated by retail to an insurance-covered item that generally must be billed via a DME provider,” said Andrew Trammell, CFO of Carolina's HME, in a release....

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carolina's Home Medical Equipment announced in May that it will be the go-to provider for a local hospice company. “We've built a very nice business with them as they've grown,” said Frank Trammell, president and CEO of Carolina's Home Medical. “At some point, everything we do, we've offered to the hospice patients.”Carolina's Home Medical has worked with Hospice and Palliative Care Charlotte (HPCCR) for nine years, but the company is now its preferred...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carolina's Home Medical Equipment has entered into a preferred provider relationship with Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region (HPCCR), a not-for-profit organization for patients with advanced illnesses, according to a press release. The relationship will offer HCPPR better control over costs, forecasting and budgeting, the release noted. “This enhanced collaboration will allow us to provide more efficient care to our patients, while at the same time help us to manage...