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In brief: Better Health funding, prior auth bill, Optum DME Navigator

June 14, 2024HME News Staff

SAN FRANCISCO – Better Health, a medical supply provider, has received $14 million in strategic funding, including investments from Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst Inc., UHealth - University of Miami Health System, and Mosaic General Partnership.   Better Health will use the funding to bring a more comprehensive solution to payers and providers, while also expanding into new categories to better serve members with chronic conditions. The company is also...

ACU-Serve, Better Health, Optum, Permobil


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Vendors

Permobil brings home the gold - twice

June 12, 2024HME News Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil and Doug Garven, designer and product manager, have won two prestigious international design awards for the TiLite CR1 manual wheelchair.   They won gold in both the A’ Design Award & Competition and International Awards Associate MUSE Design Awards.   Garven, who has been designing manual wheelchairs for more than 30 years, began working on the CR1 in 2018.   “It is an honor for us to be the recipient of both of...

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Mickae Lee

Mobility

Mickae Lee on improving access: ‘(It) is the work I want to be right in the middle of’ 

April 19, 2024Tracy Orzel

LEBANON, Tenn. - Mickae Lee may be new to Permobil, but there’s nothing green about this seasoned complex rehab technology advocate. Even during her earliest days at NCART, Lee says she always knew she’d fight for access to CRT on some level for the rest of her career.  HME News spoke to the new senior manager of government affairs at Permobil about her 15 years in the industry and why she’s sticking with it.   HME News: What’s something you’re especially...

Complex Rehab Technology (CRT), Mickae Lee, Permobil


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Also Noted

Product launches: Permobil, Dynarex 

February 12, 2024HME News Staff

Permobil has launched the QuickConfig for all Corpus power wheelchairs in the United States and Canada. In the summer of 2023, the company initially launched the solution for the M Corpus VS and F5 Corpus VS standing power wheelchairs. "We're delighted to integrate Power Platform electronics into the entire Corpus power wheelchair lineup,” said Amy Morgan, PT, ATP, director of product management for power wheelchairs. “Following positive feedback from the standing power wheelchair...

Dynarex, Glenshaw Collection, patient furniture, Permobil, Power Wheelchair, Product launch, QuickConfig


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Chuck Witkowski

Vendors

Permobil, PDG ‘share vision’ 

September 22, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor

LEBANON, Tenn. – Permobil’s acquisition of PDG Mobility not only fills a gap in the company’s portfolio in the Americas for a high-quality tilt-and-recline manual wheelchair but also brings on board a team of experts for further development, says Chuck Witkowski.  “It’s always about the people and their expertise,” said Witkowski, president, Permobil Americas. “The more we learned about the company, the more we felt like they shared our vision of...

PDG Mobility, Permobil, tilt and recline


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Permobil celebrates ROHO’s 50th anniversary

September 21, 2023HME News Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil will hold an open house event Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at ROHO’s Belleville, Ill., manufacturing facility to celebrate the company’s 50 years of making wheelchair cushions. There are more than 200 employees at the facility, and the products made there are sold in more than 65 countries. Permobil has invited family, friends and employees to attend the celebration, which will include games, food, giveaways, plant tours, testimonials and speeches....

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In brief: Permobil acquisition, MobilityWorks recognition, Walgreens partnership

September 15, 2023HME News Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil has acquired Vancouver, B.C.-based PDG Mobility, adding expertise and a leading range of tilt-in-space products to its portfolio of complex rehabilitation solutions.   “I’m delighted to welcome PDG Mobility to the Permobil family,” says Chuck Witkowski, president of Permobil Americas. “At Permobil, we are committed to providing end users with the highest quality, most clinically relevant solutions. PDG’s portfolio meets...

MobilityWorks, Movano Health, Next Day Access, Permobil, Walgreens


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Permobil acquires PDG Mobility

September 14, 2023HME News Staff

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil has acquired Vancouver, B.C.-based PDG Mobility, adding expertise and a leading range of tilt-in-space products to its portfolio of complex rehabilitation solutions.   “I’m delighted to welcome PDG Mobility to the Permobil family,” says Chuck Witkowski, president of Permobil Americas. “At Permobil, we are committed to providing end users with the highest quality, most clinically relevant solutions. PDG’s portfolio meets that...

PDG Mobility, Permobil


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Business Development

Patients need tech that ‘grows’ with them

August 25, 2023John Andrews

The pediatric market has several facets to distinguish it from other HME categories, but none more than the need for equipment patients can continue to use as they grow. Having a product that “grows” along with them – especially from an early age – enables pediatric patients to retain familiarity and comfort instead of constantly adjusting to new technology, market specialists say.  “The products that are most desired early in a child’s life are those that...

Pediatrics, Permobil, Quantum Rehab


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Permobil white paper

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Permobil outlines benefit of power standing 

June 15, 2023HME News Staff

STOCKHOLM – Permobil has released a white paper that outlines the impact that power standing wheelchairs can have on a user’s health and their independence. “Based on the comprehensive nature of this white paper and all the resources presented, clinicians can utilize this paper to support their clinical decision-making when matching individual needs with the benefits and considerations of power standing wheelchairs,” the company states. “In addition, the connection between...

Permobil, Power standing systems, Power Wheelchair


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