Tag: COPD
Study links childhood smoking, COPD
January 7, 2025HME News Staff
MIAMI – Childhood smoking before age 15 increases a person’s risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a recent study published in the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal. “Our study suggests that a person with a childhood smoking history has an increased risk of developing COPD, regardless of current smoking status, smoking duration, cigarette pack years and exposure to...
Inogen OK’d to supply airway clearance device
December 30, 2024HME News Staff
GOLETA, Calif. – Inogen has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Simeox 200 Airway Clearance Device, expanding the company’s ability to market and meet the various needs of patients with chronic respiratory diseases in the U.S.
Inogen entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Physio-Assist SAS, a privately held company based in France that makes the technology-enabled Simeox for $32 million in 2023.
“We are very...
American Lung Association launches 'Learning to Live with COPD'
November 4, 2024HME News Staff
CHICAGO – The American Lung Association has launched the “Learning to Live with COPD” campaign to help people newly diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease live better, more active and fulfilling lives. "Managing COPD can be overwhelming, particularly for those newly diagnosed," said Harold Wimmer, president and CEO of the American Lung Association. "Through our new 'Learning to Live with COPD' campaign, we aim to provide individuals with the...
AAH comments on NIV NCA
October 17, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has submitted comments in response to the opening of a national coverage analysis for the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the home for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure consequent to COPD. In its comments, the association strongly urged the agency to establish clear and subjective medical need criteria for coverage. “When medical professionals prescribe this therapy for their patients, it is important that the clinician community...
NIV reconsideration: Try-and-fail recommendation causes concerns
September 27, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders are concerned that a recommendation to require COPD patients to try and fail on respiratory assist devices before they can qualify for non-invasive ventilators will impede access for patients.
The recommendation is part of a request to reconsider the national coverage determination for the use of non-invasive ventilators and respiratory assist devices for Medicare beneficiaries with COPD.
It would be better to first deal with existing issues...
CMS seeks input on NIV
September 12, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS is soliciting public comment on a request for reconsideration of NCD 280.1 to establish coverage policies for the use of noninvasive home mechanical ventilators and respiratory assist devices for Medicare beneficiaries with COPD.
The scope of the agency’s national coverage analysis (NCA) is limited to noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the home for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure consequent to COPD and will focus on clinical indications...
Encore publishes data on impact of Nexus on COPD patients
July 8, 2024HME News Staff
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – Home-based COPD management programs led by respiratory therapists using AI-driven software with plan of care goals can have a significant impact on admissions, quality of care metrics and overall cost of care, according to an abstract developed by Encore Healthcare and published by the American Thoracic Society.
HME providers using Encore’s Nexus software for patients using non-invasive ventilation produced the following results:
Enrollees...
Intermountain Health expands monitoring to include AI with CareCentra
June 5, 2024HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Intermountain Health has expanded its partnership with CareCentra to include remote monitoring of patients with COPD and adult asthma to better detect symptom exacerbation and intervene earlier. CareCentra's prevention-as-a-service platform will monitor distal signs of risk using a framework of data points and biometrics from digital devices and patient reported information, in combination with their unique proprietary algorithms. “By leveraging digital health approaches...
HealthWell launches COPD assistance fund
May 23, 2024HME News Staff
GERMANTOWN, Md. — The HealthWell Foundation, an independent non-profit charitable organization that provides financial assistance for underinsured Americans, has opened a new fund to provide financial assistance to individuals living with COPD. Through the fund, HealthWell will provide up to $3,250 in medication copayment or insurance premium assistance to eligible Medicare patients with annual household incomes up to 500% of the federal poverty level for the management of their disease. “Individuals...
Study highlights danger of COPD in women
December 11, 2023HME News Staff
SAN DIEGO – COPD prevalence among those 25 years and older is expected to increase by 23% from 2020 to 2050, with the largest growth projected among women and within low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study from ResMed published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.
Other results from the study:
By 2050, the number of women with COPD is projected to increase by 47% compared to only 9% growth in men
Low-...