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Wayne Grau

Mobility

Complex rehab: Regulatory, legislative priorities in flux 

February 17, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor

WASHINGTON – When it comes to the CRT industry’s legislative priorities for 2025, including securing Medicare coverage for standing systems, it’s a bit of a hurry-up-and-wait scenario, at least in the first few months of the year, stakeholders say.  The ITEM Coalition, for example, had an opportunity to meet with CMS to discuss the status of its request to open a National Coverage Analysis for Medicare coverage of standing systems in the waning days of the Biden administration...

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In brief: Medicare Updates canceled, Valere & Notable partnered, eXciteOSA approved 

February 17, 2025HME News Staff

DALLAS – The Medicare Updates at Medtrade have been canceled due to a travel ban for CMS officials, organizers have announced on the show’s website.  Sessions like “The Basics of Medicare: A Claim’s Journey” now have a canceled note in the conference agenda on the website. Five sessions in the Medicare Updates track have been canceled.  Other affected sessions:  DME MAC Contractor Updates – Latest Information Based on 2024 CERT Improper...

Medtrade, Notable Systems, Signifier Medical Technologies, Valere Health


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Tim Ashe

Also Noted

WellSky’s new panel provides ‘complete view’ 

February 17, 2025HME News Staff

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - WellSky has launched a new patient panel, available only in the WellSky CarePort Connect solution, that it says will equip providers with critical and holistic knowledge of their patient population. The panel enables providers to identify patients who need direct intervention before, during and after care transitions, strengthening patient engagement during critical care events and driving better patient care outcomes. “Providers are facing increasing challenges in managing...

CarePort Connect, WellSky


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Responsive Respiratory adds Todd Derickson to sales team 

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Responsive Respiratory adds Todd Derickson to sales team 

February 17, 2025HME News Staff

ST. LOUIS – Responsive Respiratory has announced that Todd Derickson has joined the company’s executive team as director of sales. Derickson, who brings more than three decades of experience driving high growth sales in the HME market, joins the company following the recent retirement of Michael Harrington. “Todd is a highly respected industry veteran who brings a wealth of respiratory sales knowledge to Responsive Respiratory,” said Steve Bannon, president. “We are...

Responsive Respiratory, Todd Derickson


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Valere Health, Notable Systems partner 

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Valere Health, Notable Systems partner 

February 17, 2025HME News Staff

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Valere Health has announced a strategic collaboration with Notable Systems that it says delivers an automated solution to address inefficiencies in HME revenue cycle management operations without adding an additional user interface or system. Through this partnership, Valere is integrating Notable’s AI-powered RCM solutions into its interoperability platform, enabling HME providers to automate critical tasks such as order intake, coverage criteria review and payer correspondence...

Integration, Notable Systems, Valere Health


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Rehab Industries highlights 2024 

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Rehab Industries highlights 2024 

February 17, 2025HME News Staff

INDIANAPOLIS – Rehab Industries says 2024 was a milestone year across its portfolio of companies, including Rehab Medical. For Rehab Medical, the company highlighted opening branch offices in four cities, adding 18 assistive technology professionals (ATPs) and winning the HME Provider of the Year award. "Our success in 2024 is a direct result of the passion and dedication of our employees, the strength of our partnerships, and our unwavering commitment to improving lives," said Patrick...

Rehab Industries, Rehab Medical


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Signifier’s CPAP alternative approved by Georgia Medicaid 

February 17, 2025HME News Staff

LONDON – Signifier Medical Technologies has announced that its eXciteOSA non-invasive therapy for obstructive sleep apnea is now covered under Georgia Medicaid policy 1320, expanding access to more than 1.5 million people who live in the state. “This decision underscores the critical importance of providing accessible, effective solutions for Georgians living with obstructive sleep apnea,” said Akhil Tripathi, director and founder of Signifier. “By including eXciteOSA in Medicaid...

CPAP Alternative, eXciteOSA, Georgia Medicaid, Signifier Medical Technologies


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CMS officials can’t attend Medtrade 

February 14, 2025HME News Staff

DALLAS – The Medicare Updates at Medtrade have been canceled due to a travel ban for CMS officials, organizers have announced on the show’s website.  Sessions like “The Basics of Medicare: A Claim’s Journey” now have a cancelled note in the conference agenda on the website. Five sessions in the Medicare Updates track have been cancelled.  Other affected sessions:  DME MAC Contractor Updates – Latest Information Based on 2024 CERT Improper...

2025, Medtrade


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Boone Lockard

Vendors

VGM ‘optimizes’ sleep journey with SleepGlad

February 14, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor

WATERLOO, Iowa – VGM Group’s acquisition of mask-fitting platform SleepGlad rounds out the company’s respiratory offering and better aligns it with a “massive shift” in patient care, as well as addresses a major pain point for providers, says Boone Lockard.   VGM already offers fulfillment and logistics services for CPAP machines and supplies through VGM Fulfillment, as well as virtual onboarding, patient setup, compliance and post-compliance monitoring...

Boone Lockard, Sleep Apnea, SleepGlad, VGM Respiratory


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Caitlyn Hiland

Specialty Providers

CGM bill aims to preserve two-channel option

February 14, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A new bill in Arkansas is the first on a state level to try and stem the “migration” of coverage for continuous glucose monitors to a pharmacy-only benefit.  Introduced Jan. 27, HB1255 would amend existing Medicaid coverage of CGMs to allow beneficiaries to obtain CGMs through the DME benefit and would allow DME providers to bill for the devices using a HCPCS code rather than the national drug code number used by pharmacies.  “We don't...

AAHomecare, Arkansas, Caitlyn Hiland, Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), David Chandler, Diabetes


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