Tag: Arizona
Alliance continues Ariz. expansion
April 21, 2016HME News Staff
Prescott, Ariz. - Alliance Homecare has acquired Bradshaw Home Medical, also based in Prescott, Ariz. Valley Healthcare Group, parent to Alliance Homecare, now operates 10 DME locations in Arizona and Nebraska, and 10 accredited sleep centers. “This acquisition helps us to remain focused on providing the best patient care possible, while working to offset the cuts in Medicare in the rural areas,” said Ron Evans, owner of Valley Healthcare Group, in a release. “We now service patients...
PMDRX in running for $250K in funding
October 20, 2015HME News Staff
GLENDALE, Ariz. - PMDRX has been named one of 25 semifinalists in the Arizona Innovation Challenge. The Arizona Commerce Authority will now select six winners and award them each $250,000. The challenge is a bi-annual business plan competition for promising early-stage companies in high-growth industries. A panel of judges narrowed down 131 applicants to the 25 semifinalists based on a set of criteria that included technology potential, marketing strategy, quality of management team and economic...
Attendance at AZMESA event tops charts
August 11, 2015HME News Staff
PHOENIX - The Arizona Medical Equipment Suppliers Association saw record attendance at its annual conference held Aug. 6 in Phoenix, according to a press release. The association has also seen its ranks grow for the fifth consecutive year. It now represents 44 companies in the state with 80 member contacts. “We are still a small association, but we are seeing more and more interest and recognition here,” said Rose Schafhauser, executive director of the association. “We are aggressively...
Federal court protects access to incontinence supplies
May 15, 2014HME News Staff
PHOENIX - The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has voided a cost-saving bid by Arizona's Medicaid program to deny incontinence briefs to adults who need them.
The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) contended that briefs are only medically necessary when prescribed to treat skin breakdown or infections due to incontinence and that doctors were preemptively prescribing them before any medical problems arose, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
The ruling by the three-judge...