Tag: First Quality
Disposable supplies are becoming home-driven and consumer-led
February 17, 2026Tracy Orzel
The disposable medical supplies market, like all home medical equipment (HME), is being reshaped by one dominant force: care moving into the home. As more responsibility shifts to patients and caregivers, it’s changing which products are used – and what support from providers must include.
“We continue to see an increase in seniors who want to age in place and stay in their homes as long as possible,” said Shelley Bache, health care sales and clinical...
In brief: Claims still on hold, Medline recognition, Soleo Health expansion
October 17, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – At press time, CMS has instructed all Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) to continue to temporarily hold claims with dates of service of Oct. 1, 2025, and later for services impacted by the expired Medicare legislative payment provisions passed under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025. This includes all claims paid under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, ground ambulance transport claims, and all Federally Qualified Health Center claims....
First Quality’s Mongillo publishes caregiving guide
October 16, 2025HME News Staff
GREAT NECK, N.Y. – Michele Mongillo, MSN, BSN, RN, clinical director at First Quality, has published “Caring with Dignity: A Caregiver’s Guide to Incontinence,” a book offering compassionate, practical and easy-to-understand advice for making incontinence more manageable at home. The book draws on Mongillo’s three decades in the nursing profession, including 20 years as clinical director at First Quality. “By writing this book, I hope to make hidden conversations...
Supreme Court sides with SCA
March 28, 2017HME News Staff
STOCKHOLM - SCA says it has won an important victory in its seven-year patent infringement case against First Quality Products. A six-year statutory period of limitations, during which a patent infringement claim must be commenced, cannot be shortened based on the equitable doctrine known as laches, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 7-1 decision on March 21. The decision allows SCA to proceed with its claim for pre-suit damages, the company announced in a press release. “We are thrilled the...
HME Home Medical expands offerings
July 30, 2014HME News Staff
GREEN BAY, Wis. - HME Home Medical has partnered with First Quality Products to distribute its incontinence products, including the Prevail brand, according to a press release. The partnership will enable the provider to expand its distribution division, GOHME. “This strategic alliance will allow us to expand our product base yet again as we reach out to distribute our high-quality products to even more facilities,” said Eric Hagen, director of business development at GOHME. In March,...