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American Lung Association launches 'Learning to Live with COPD' 

November 4, 2024HME News Staff

CHICAGO – The American Lung Association has launched the “Learning to Live with COPD” campaign to help people newly diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease live better, more active and fulfilling lives. "Managing COPD can be overwhelming, particularly for those newly diagnosed," said Harold Wimmer, president and CEO of the American Lung Association. "Through our new 'Learning to Live with COPD' campaign, we aim to provide individuals with the...

American Lung Association, Campaign, COPD


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AAH comments on NIV NCA 

October 17, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has submitted comments in response to the opening of a national coverage analysis for the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the home for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure consequent to COPD. In its comments, the association strongly urged the agency to establish clear and subjective medical need criteria for coverage. “When medical professionals prescribe this therapy for their patients, it is important that the clinician community...

AAHomecare, COPD, Coverage, Medicare, Noninvasive ventilators


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NIV reconsideration: Try-and-fail recommendation causes concerns

September 27, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor

WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders are concerned that a recommendation to require COPD patients to try and fail on respiratory assist devices before they can qualify for non-invasive ventilators will impede access for patients.  The recommendation is part of a request to reconsider the national coverage determination for the use of non-invasive ventilators and respiratory assist devices for Medicare beneficiaries with COPD.  It would be better to first deal with existing issues...

COPD, Non-invasive ventilators, RAD


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CMS seeks input on NIV

September 12, 2024HME News Staff

WASHINGTON – CMS is soliciting public comment on a request for reconsideration of NCD 280.1 to establish coverage policies for the use of noninvasive home mechanical ventilators and respiratory assist devices for Medicare beneficiaries with COPD.   The scope of the agency’s national coverage analysis (NCA) is limited to noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the home for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure consequent to COPD and will focus on clinical indications...

COPD, Medicare, Non-invasive ventilators


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Encore publishes data on impact of Nexus on COPD patients 

July 8, 2024HME News Staff

LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – Home-based COPD management programs led by respiratory therapists using AI-driven software with plan of care goals can have a significant impact on admissions, quality of care metrics and overall cost of care, according to an abstract developed by Encore Healthcare and published by the American Thoracic Society.   HME providers using Encore’s Nexus software for patients using non-invasive ventilation produced the following results:  Enrollees...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), COPD, Disease Management, Encore Healthcare, Home Oxygen Therapy, Nexus


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Intermountain Health expands monitoring to include AI with CareCentra

June 5, 2024HME News Staff

NEW YORK – Intermountain Health has expanded its partnership with CareCentra to include remote monitoring of patients with COPD and adult asthma to better detect symptom exacerbation and intervene earlier. CareCentra's prevention-as-a-service platform will monitor distal signs of risk using a framework of data points and biometrics from digital devices and patient reported information, in combination with their unique proprietary algorithms. “By leveraging digital health approaches...

Artificial Intelligence (AI), CareCentra, COPD, Intermountain Health


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HealthWell launches COPD assistance fund

May 23, 2024HME News Staff

GERMANTOWN, Md. — The HealthWell Foundation, an independent non-profit charitable organization that provides financial assistance for underinsured Americans, has opened a new fund to provide financial assistance to individuals living with COPD. Through the fund, HealthWell will provide up to $3,250 in medication copayment or insurance premium assistance to eligible Medicare patients with annual household incomes up to 500% of the federal poverty level for the management of their disease. “Individuals...

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Study highlights danger of COPD in women 

December 11, 2023HME News Staff

SAN DIEGO – COPD prevalence among those 25 years and older is expected to increase by 23% from 2020 to 2050, with the largest growth projected among women and within low- and middle-income countries, according to a new study from ResMed published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Network Open.  Other results from the study:  By 2050, the number of women with COPD is projected to increase by 47% compared to only 9% growth in men   Low-...

COPD, Journal of the American Medical Association, ResMed


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American Lung Association launches COPD campaign 

November 13, 2023HME News Staff

CHICAGO – The American Lung Association, with support from Sanofi and Regeneron, has launched “COPD for Life,” a campaign to help people who have been living with the disease for 10 or more years live better, more active and enjoyable lives. "Fortunately, we have seen a significant amount of progress in COPD care and treatment over the last decade," said Harold Wimmer, president and CEO of the American Lung Association. "Because their original diagnosis was so long ago, people living...

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NuvoAir, health plan partner on virtual care model for COPD 

September 12, 2023HME News Staff

BOSTON – NuvoAir, a value-based, integrated specialty care provider, and Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, a health plan and affiliate of Marshfield Clinic Health System, have launched a clinical research study to measure the impact of the company’s virtual care model on reducing exacerbations, ER visits, hospitalizations, readmissions and overall costs for COPD patients. “We are excited to collaborate with NuvoAir to learn more about the advantages of a virtual care model in improving...

COPD, NuvoAir, virtual care


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