Tag: Broda Seating
Broda prioritizes education
April 7, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ST. LOUIS – Brenda Mahon, OTD, OTR, the clinical education manager for Broda, plans to host clinical chats almost every month in 2023 to educate more clinicians about seating and mobility.
Mahon, who joined the company in July of 2022, planned to co-host the chat in January with Anna Sokol, RN, MN, BScN, BScKin, a clinical education specialist with Motion Concepts in Canada, to talk about how to select a cushion.
“As an OT for 25 years, one of the biggest things I’ve...
In brief: Pharmacy deserts, new CEO at National HME, OM donation
October 28, 2022HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Community Pharmacists Association and the University of Southern California are collaborating on a new interactive mapping tool that could promote health equity by identifying pharmacy shortage areas in the United States. The tool can also help policymakers see the consequences of pharmacy benefit manager practices that are believed to contribute to pharmacy access issues. The tool shows nearly one in four neighborhoods nationwide are pharmacy shortage areas....
Broda names clinical education manager
July 21, 2022HME News Staff
ST. LOUIS – Broda has hired Brenda Mahon, OTD, OTR, as its new clinical education manager. Mahon has more than 20 years of experience working in a number of care environments and settings as a clinician, care director and educator, with an expertise in long-term care and skilled-nursing facilities. “I have been a big fan of Broda wheelchairs for the entire span of my career,” she said. “I have witnessed firsthand how the right wheelchair can instantly improve a person’s...
Broda is camera ready
November 2, 2020Liz Beaulieu, Editor
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. - Broda has revamped its sales process to meet the demands of a COVID-19 world.
The company, whose dealer network spans nearly 500 HME dealers in North America, has built out a “webinar room” in its office to facilitate video communication, educational webinars and remote support for wheelchair assessment or fitting.
“I think this will change permanently how we do things,” said Nick Hoffmeyer, vice president of marketing. “It's...
In brief: SMRC warns of audit risk, AAH monitors CareCentrix
January 10, 2020HME News Staff
ATLANTA - The SMRC is holding ordering practitioners accountable and acknowledging that provider payments for DMEPOS are reliant on their documentation, the van Halem Group reports.
The requirement for practitioners to comply with a provider's request for documentation has been part of the Program Integrity Manual for some time, but in its most recent project detail for diabetic test strips, the SMRC says:
“If a practitioner doesn't respond to a supplier's request for documentation...
Broda funds seating research
January 10, 2020HME News Staff
KITCHENER, Ontario - Broda has committed to contributing CA$15,000 to fully fund the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation Research Grant in 2020. “This is a special opportunity to work with an outstanding organization to advance the level of knowledge in an often-overlooked area that desperately needs rigorous research,” said Nick Hoffmeyer, vice president of marketing. Proposed research objectives include demonstrating the care benefits of tilt wheelchairs in long-term care; demonstrating...
Exhibitors lining up for Medtrade Spring
December 4, 2014HME News Staff
LAS VEGAS - More than 150 manufacturers and providers have registered for the three-day conference, which is slated for March 30-April 1 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas. Registration opened last week. Among the 150 exhibitors already signed up is Ontario-based Broda. “From a regional perspective, we are quite interested in meeting with customers all across North America,” said Sue Wilson, vice president of customer care, in a press release. This year's format has...
Broda: We're 'open for business' in US
December 1, 2014Liz Beaulieu, Editor
KITCHENER, Ontario - Broda Seating is officially a free agent.The Canadian manufacturer's tilt-and-recline positioning chairs have been available in the U.S. exclusively through nine HME providers for 15 years, but they only became available to providers nationwide earlier this year.“Broda has long established partners that it continues to work with, but it reached a point where expansion of distribution became necessary to provide customers better access to the products,” said Tricia...
In brief: NGS details reasons for denials, TiLite shakes up representation
November 8, 2013HME News Staff
INDIANAPOLIS - Prior authorization requests submitted as part of the PMD demo are being denied because of conflicting information in face-to-face exams and other medical records, and insufficient face-to-face exam information, National Government Services (NGS) announced in a recent bulletin. The list of reasons covers denials as of Oct. 24. NGS says face-to-face exams often do not specify: how a PMD will sufficiently improve the beneficiary's daily life; what are the beneficiary's mobility...