Tag: Commonwealth Home Health Care
Providers on Helene’s front lines: ‘We are stretched thin but able to help’
October 4, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
A week after Hurricane Helene brought flooding and devastation across the Southeast, "it's like an atomic bomb went off," and HME providers, like impacted residents, are still assessing the damage and trying to recover, all the while taking care of patients.
The Category 4 storm, one of the worst in U.S. history, made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region Sept. 26, before sweeping wind and record-breaking rainfall across a large area that included parts of...
Respiratory triple threat increases demand for providers
December 2, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – An early surge in RSV and other respiratory diseases means HME providers are once again being increasingly called on to help hospitals reserve beds for the sickest patients.
“It’s definitely the most memorable RSV season in 15 years,” said Tyler Riddle, president of Tifton, Ga.-based MRS Homecare. “The fear is not there like with COVID-19, but they are leaning on us heavily. We are seeing a lot of nebulizers go out and a lot of patients sent...