Tag: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Kivo Health closes new round of funding for virtual COPD program
October 28, 2026HME News Staff
SEATTLE – Kivo Health, an artificial intelligence-powered virtual care company that helps people manage chronic disease, has announced an oversubscribed $10 million Series A led by Allumia Ventures, with participation from Corewell Health Ventures, Y Combinator, Heuristic Capital and MassMutual Ventures. The round, which brings total funding to more than $16 million, will enable Kivo to expand its health plan partnerships and clinical operations nationwide while advancing its virtual pulmonary...
CMS adds COPD, heart failure to ACCESS Model
September 22, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will expand an existing initiative to offer technology-support care options to Medicare beneficiaries who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure.
The Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) Model currently offers care options for people with high blood pressure, diabetes, chronic musculoskeletal pain and depression.
“We built ACCESS because too many people with...
In brief: Coral ‘getting started,’ Access Infusion expanding, Medline piloting automation
April 22, 2026HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Coral, a health care automation platform built for durable medical equipment (DME) and other specialty providers, has announced a $12.5 million investment led by Lightspeed and Z47 to grow its team and enhance its products.
The platform connects to existing EHR systems, fax lines and payer portals and automates end-to-end administrative workflows.
“Every person in the health care system is being slowed down by the same thing: administrative work that was never built to...
Data from wearables provide more comprehensive view of COPD, researchers say
March 31, 2026HME News Staff
ROCHESTER, Minn. – Sleep data captured with a wearable device could help clinicians better tailor care by identifying patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who may need additional support to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation, according to new research published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health. In the study, researchers found that using baseline sleep data from a wrist activity monitor, combined with machine learning and traditional clinical indicators,...
Studies: Medication affordability leads to nonadherence
March 4, 2026HME News Staff
MIAMI – Medication nonadherence among people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a result of lack of affordability and lack of knowledge about medications, among other factors, according to two new studies published in the January 2026 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation. This leads to increased exacerbations and faster lung function decline, researchers say.
In one of the new studies, researchers examined a group of 2,521 participants...
Study: COPD patients benefit from communication
August 21, 2025HME News Staff
MIAMI – Prioritizing communications between patients and healthcare providers and increasing patient education about chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could help improve patient care, according to a new study, published in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal.
The study analyzed self-reported data using the Phreesia PatientInsights survey, which patients completed after check-in at their...