Tag: Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Colleen Lance on React Health’s role in addressing health care’s ‘crucible’
January 10, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health’s new chief medical officer believes a string of recent strategic partnerships will make the company “unstoppable” in 2024.
Colleen Lance, MD, is formerly a staff physician at the Cleveland Clinic, serving as medical director of PAP therapies for its home care division and medical director for its Sleep Disorder Center at Hillcrest Hospital.
Here’s what she had to say about how recent partnerships with EnsoData...
React Health adds chief medical officer
November 6, 2023HME News Staff
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health has appointed Dr. Colleen Lance, a former Cleveland Clinic exec, as its chief medical officer. Most recently, she was a staff physician at the Cleveland Clinic, serving as medical director of PAP therapies for Cleveland Clinic Home Care and medical director for the Cleveland Clinic Sleep Disorder Hillcrest Hospital. “We are proud to welcome Dr. Lance to the React Health executive leadership team,” said Tom Pontzius, president, React Health. “As...
CareCentrix names health plan exec as chief medical officer
May 3, 2022HME News Staff
HARTFORD, Conn. – CareCentrix has named longtime health plan executive and physician Carmella Sebastian, M.D., M.S., as chief medical officer. Sebastian most recently served as vice president of clinical operations at Oscar Health and, before that, she held leadership roles at Florida Blue, Humana and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Northeastern Pennsylvania. In her role at CareCentrix, she will guide the organization’s clinical vision, overseeing all aspects of clinical strategy and operations....
Numotion adds chief medical officer
April 5, 2021HME News Staff
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Numotion has appointed Tara Kersten, M.D., as chief medical officer. Kersten will provide Numotion with strategic clinical advice, support advocacy efforts and lend her expertise to outcomes studies. “We are excited to welcome Dr. Kersten at Numotion,” said Mike Swinford, CEO. “She is uniquely positioned to help the company become an ever-more-essential partner to our customers, physicians and referral partners, and we...
In brief: AAH finds big decreases in 2017 fee schedule, Quantum sponsors seat elevation study
December 23, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - There will be an average decrease in reimbursement of 36.8% in 2017 for the top 25 HCPCS codes for HME, according to a new analysis by AAHomecare of the new reimbursement compared to 2016 and 2015 reimbursement. Low-air loss mattresses (E0277) will see the biggest hit: about a 58% decrease in reimbursement, on average, in 2017 vs. 2016. To perform the analysis of the recently released 2017 fee schedule, AAH segmented eight geographical regions and averaged the reimbursement for all the...
ResMed taps Nunez as new chief medical officer
December 21, 2016HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO - ResMed has named Dr. Carlos Nunez chief medical officer effective Jan. 3. Nunez most recently served as senior vice president of medical affairs for Becton, Dickinson and Company. He will be based in ResMed's San Diego headquarters and will report to CEO Mick Farrell and President/COO Rob Douglas. Nunez has more than two decades of leadership experience in the medical field, with a focus on aligning the clinical realities of modern healthcare with the business strategies of global enterprises....