Tag: React Health
React Health secures coding for vent
March 4, 2024HME News Staff
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health has secured a HCPCS code, E0468, exclusively for its V+C Ventilator with Integrated Cough Assist Technology (ICAT). The new code addresses the evolving needs of the medical community by providing a standardized and comprehensive system that combines two leading respiratory treatments into one device, the company says. The V+C delivers invasive, non-invasive and mouthpiece ventilation, as well as high-flow therapy and integrated cough to adult and pediatric patients...
Philips exit skews vent market
March 1, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – With its Trilogy EVO considered the standard bearer, the decision by Philips to exit the home ventilator market in the U.S. is a tough hit, but “business goes on,” say industry players.
“Philips was the industry leader for NIV therapy,” said Elliot Campbell, executive vice president and chief commercial officer for Whitmore Lake, Mich.-based Trace Medical, a supplier of rental ventilators nationally. “But our customers have been in flux...
React Health CEO: How do we make a frictionless solution?
February 28, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SARASOTA, Fla. – Bill Shoop, who spent 20 years working his way up the ladder at ResMed, says his move to React Health is about “unfinished business.”
“I still think there’s a lot of work to do,” said Shoop, React Health’s new CEO. “I think, as we’ve started to understand more about sleep disorders and respiratory insufficiencies, the approach to diagnosis and treatment has stayed the same. How do we make a more frictionless solution?”
Here’s...
In brief: React Health and Rotech CEOs, Philips medical device reports
February 7, 2024HME News Staff
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health has appointed Bill Shoop, most recently vice president and general manager of ResMed North America, as its CEO.
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to join this experienced and talented team,” he said. “I believe React Health is very well positioned to help the industry and continue to advance our mission of delivering innovative solutions that positively impact patients’ lives and the people that care for them.”
Shoop,...
React Health names CEO
February 6, 2024HME News Staff
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health has appointed Bill Shoop, most recently vice president and general manager of ResMed North America, as its CEO.
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to join this experienced and talented team,” he said. “I believe React Health is very well positioned to help the industry and continue to advance our mission of delivering innovative solutions that positively impact patients’ lives and the people that care for them.”
Shoop,...
Manufacturers seek to ‘take pain away’
February 2, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – The decision by Philips to discontinue its line of oxygen concentrators in the U.S. will leave a significant gap in the market, but manufacturers say they’re ramping up to meet increased demand, with lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the CPAP recall.
Just prior to announcing it had agreed on the terms of a consent decree related to the recall, Philips announced on Jan. 25 that it was discontinuing sales for 19 products, including the EverFlo home...
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...
In brief: Lobbying for reimbursement relief heats up & React Health integrates with sovaSage, EnsoData
November 1, 2023HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM Government Relations has a goal of scheduling 55 visits with legislators or their staffers in 55 days in a final push to get H.R. 5555 and S. 1294 passed in Congress.
“We are in the bell lap of the legislative session, and your voice is needed now to get us across the finish line,” said Mike Isaacson, senior vice president of government relations and regulatory affairs for VGM & Associates. “There is so much happening on Capitol Hill that the...
EnsoData, React Health partner
October 30, 2023HME News Staff
MADISON, Wis., and SARASOTA, Fla. – EnsoData has partnered with React Health to optimize CPAP adherence support for patients with sleep apnea. As part of the partnership, EnsoData’s adherence prediction AI technology will be integrated into React Health’s recently launched Connect patient management software platform, empowering physicians and HME providers with actionable data to provide timely, personalized support to patients who are struggling with therapy. “By partnering...