Archive: December 2024
SuperCare Health donates gifts
December 31, 2024HME News Staff
CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. – SuperCare Health supported its SuperKids pediatrics department this holiday season with an annual toy drive and gift-sharing event with families in need. Over the past decade, SuperKids has donated more than $8,000 in toys and charitable contributions to families whose children battle chronic health care conditions. This year, dozens of team members from across the organization brought gifts not only to SuperKids patients but also to families enrolled in programs...
Gilgal drops insurance to focus on retail
December 31, 2024HME News Staff
ORLANDO, Fla. – Gilgal Medical Supplies will no longer accept insurance for medical supplies. The decision, effective immediately, comes after years of increasing challenges associated with insurance reimbursement processes. "Providing durable medical equipment and supplies for thousands of patients has always been at the core of our mission," said Thomas Chacko, vice president. "However, the constant denials, excessive documentation requests, unnecessary audits, and recoupment...
Direct Supply’s Nick Bush joins HIDA council
December 31, 2024HME News Staff
MILWAUKEE – Direct Supply has announced that Nick Bush, vice president of sales, homecare, has been appointed vice chair of the Health Industry Distributors Association's Home Care Advisory Council. The council builds the value of distribution channels to patients and providers in the home care setting and helps to develop the annual Home Care Market Report, according to HIDA’s website. “We are confident that (Nick’s) experience and vision will help drive meaningful discussions...
NHIA seeks board members
December 31, 2024HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association is accepting applications for members of its board of directors. Board members serve three-year terms as representatives for their NHIA member organization. Seats are open only to provider members and are assigned at the organization level. Seats are currently available for one national provider (multi-site organization with 20 or more locations), one hospital provider and two at-large providers (any type). Companies that are interested...
Care Synergy, RCC Medical Equipment form JV
December 30, 2024HME News Staff
DENVER – Care Synergy and RCC Medical Equipment Co. have agreed to form a joint-venture partnership to provide enhanced health care services throughout the Colorado Front Range region. Together, Care Synergy, a health care management service organization, and RCC Medical Equipment Co. will provide high-quality health care equipment to the patient populations of Care Synergy’s health care affiliates, including The Denver Hospice, Colorado PACE, Pathways Hospice, Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative...
AlayaCare ‘delivers results’
December 30, 2024HME News Staff
NEW YORK – AlayaCare Marketplace has created more than 96,000 referrals across 43 states, with a 95% completion rate, the company says. “This integrated tool in AlayaCare Cloud allows organizations to send and receive patient referrals between providers, eliminating unnecessary back and forth when coordinating and staffing cases, saving time and improving outcomes,” the company says. AlayaCare noted that key highlights from 2024 include:
255-plus onboarded home infusion...
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...
New abstract highlights ‘hidden’ costs of DME
December 30, 2024HME News Staff
YARMOUTH, Maine – A careful cost-benefit approach to covering DME electricity costs under insurance programs should consider the potential improved health and the reduced mental strain from financial worries, as well as potential increases in Medicare spending, according to a new abstract published in Nature.
As there is an increase in the consumption of these devices, more careful consideration should be devoted to possible insurance policy coverage of these “hidden” out-of-pocket...
FDA approves GLP-1 for OSA
December 23, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Dec. 20 that it has approved Zepbound (tirzepatide) for the treatment of moderate to severe sleep apnea in adults with obesity to be used in combination with a reduced-calorie diet and increased physical activity.
“Today’s approval marks the first drug treatment option for certain patients with obstructive sleep apnea,” said Sally Seymour, M.D., director of the Division of Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical...
Nymbl Systems receives investment
December 23, 2024HME News Staff
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Nymbl Systems, a provider of cloud-based practice management software for orthotics and prosthetics, complex rehab technology and home medical equipment providers, has received an equity investment from Frontier Growth.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed, but Charlotte-based Frontier Growth typically makes initial equity investments of $5 million to $30 million in mission critical vertical SaaS companies with $3 million to $20 million of annual recurring revenue...