Specialty Providers

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Providers need to be compensated for losses incurred as the result of massive cyberattack earlier this year, the National Community Pharmacists Association argues in a new lawsuit.  The association, along with dozens of providers from multiple states, filed a class action lawsuit July 19 against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiaries Change Healthcare and Optum.   “Our members suffered a lot of damages both in personnel time and direct financial...

DALLAS – Dynamic Infusion has acquired IV Solutions Group, d/b/a Infusicare, strengthening its presence in New Jersey and aligning with its goal of building a national platform for home infusion nursing services.  "Infusicare is known for its quality of patient care,” said Peter Harris, CEO & president of Dynamic. “This transaction will allow Dynamic to reach central and northern regions of New Jersey. We genuinely welcome the clients, nurses and patients of Infusicare...

CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Quest Health Solutions' new Tokyo-based investor provides a “substantial boost,” allowing the diabetes provider to scale its business and expand its market reach – possibly even into Asia, says CEO Adam Nadler.  The company announced last week that it had received an investment from Sumitomo Corp. through its U.S. subsidiary Sumitomo Corporation of Americas based in New York.  “This is laying the better financial groundwork...

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Advanced Diabetes Supply recently expanded its Part B services to retail pharmacies to include management of diabetes supplies.   The move made sense for ADS, which has already been partnering with pharmacies to offer continuous glucose monitors, says CEO Bill Mixon.  “CGM is central to what we do, but we provide other diabetes testing supplies that these patients might need,” he said. “We can fulfill those through the DME benefit, which...

NEW YORK & CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Sumitomo Corp. has made an investment in Vast Medical Holdings, the parent company of Quest Health Solutions, a provider of continuous glucose monitors and other diabetes supplies.  Quest Health, through its sister companies Quest Health Remote Care and Quest Health RPM Services, integrates CGM data with clinical support such as patient education, meal planning and exercise guidance to improve health outcomes.  “The confidence shown by...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Lincoln Health Supply recently highlighted the American Diabetes Association's 60-second Diabetes Risk Test to underscore how the provider can help educate and empower consumers to manage their health.  The ADA diabetes risk test is a risk score based on seven criteria that predict the risk of developing diabetes, including age, gender, family history of diabetes, blood pressure, ethnicity, physical activity and BMI and was promoted as part of Diabetes Alert Day...

CHICAGO – Access Infusion Care, a portfolio company of Chicago-based New Harbor Capital, has completed its acquisition of Big Sky I.V. Care, a provider of home and specialty infusion services in Kalispell, Mont.  This marks Access Infusion Care’s first add-on deal as part of New Harbor and is a key part of its broader strategy to partner with high-quality infusion providers in underserved areas with diversified therapy offerings and delivery settings, and outsized growth potential.  “We...

TWINSBURG, Ohio – Edgepark’s new online storefront for ostomy products will “elevate and modernize” the ordering experience for prescribers and clinicians, says Yelena Brusilovsky, vice president of sales.  Edgepark launched the national storefront in June, leveraging Parachute Health’s e-prescribing platform.  “We are essentially unlocking the capability for health care providers to prescribe ostomy products through an e-prescribe (platform),”...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) has named Chris Casteel, BOCO, BOCP, co-owner of Anew Life Prosthetics and Orthotics in Detroit, as the recipient of this year’s Certificant of the Year Award. After overcoming his own obstacles following limb loss at the age of 24, Casteel has made it his mission over the past two decades to "pay it forward" by empowering others to live fulfilling lives with the help of O&P devices. "I am deeply honored...

FRISCO, Texas – When Soleo Health founders Drew Walk and Craig Vollmer decided to launch Soleo Health, they knew they wanted to build an infusion company with staying power.  “We knew it had to be national in scale and able to grow, but we also wanted to be thoughtful about providing a broad range of therapies,” said Walk, CEO. “We also recognized that if we built something that not only provided great service but also was able to articulate the value through...