Tag: DASCO Home Medical Equipment
Mon Health, DASCO enter joint venture
July 12, 2021HME News Staff
MORGANTOWN, West Va. – Mon Health Equipment and Supplies and DASCO Home Medical Equipment have entered into a joint venture to build a stronger company that better serves communities across north central West Virginia. “This joint venture will allow us to make the most of DASCO’s long-time expertise in the business and ensure Mon Health Equipment and Supplies in Weston and Morgantown remain a vibrant and committed community medical service as it has been for many years,” said...
In brief: CMS grants bond allowance, Dasco partners with PE firm
March 20, 2020Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - CMS is allowing providers to submit surety bond riders and/or page two of their bid surety bonds to make sure they meet Round 2021 requirements.
The allowance applies only to providers who uploaded a copy of a valid bid surety bond by the deadline for bid submission and have received noticed that the CBIC needs additional information to ensure the bond meets all requirements.
“AAHomecare reached out to CMS last week to request that bidders be allowed the opportunity to make...
Dasco partners with PE firm
March 19, 2020HME News Staff
WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Silver Oak Services Partners has recapitalized Dasco Home Medical Equipment. Owned and operated by the Seeley family since 1987, DASCO specializes in respiratory therapy equipment, and serves patients and referral sources throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Silver Oak,” said CEO Rachel Mazur. “Their expertise investing in healthcare services businesses like DASCO is exactly what we are looking for...
DASCO partners with health network
August 15, 2019HME News Staff
COLUMBUS, Ohio - DASCO Home Medical Equipment has entered into a joint venture with Mountain Health Network to offer patients in Ohio and West Virginia a smoother transition from hospital to home, according to the Herald Dispatch. The new venture, DASCO-Mountain Health Home Medical Equipment, will specialize in respiratory products and services, the newspaper reported. “This agreement helps us improve the continuum of quality care for our patients and offer a choice after they leave our facilities,”...
In brief: CMS details capacity, UHC admits error, VGM opens invite
May 17, 2019HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - CMS will use a bidder's estimated capacity—or their historic capacity plus their projected increase in capacity—along with their bid amount, to rank bids, reports the coalition behind www.dmecbpeducation.com. “(CMS's) newly released capacity policy shows how influential a bidder's capacity is to setting the rate,” said Mark Higley, vice president of regulatory affairs for the VGM Group. “While CMS does not guarantee volume, bidders who overestimate...
Short take: Dasco
May 16, 2019HME News Staff
WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Dasco Home Medical Equipment was named one of the 2019 Top Workplaces in the midsize organizations category in central Ohio, by Columbus CEO magazine. Results are based on an employee survey.
DASCO leverages Apacheta to gain efficiencies
February 14, 2018HME News Staff
WESTERVILLE, Ohio - DASCO Home Medical Equipment has added approximately 2,500 new confirmed orders each month, after tapping Apacheta's mobile solution to gain more oversight of its delivery techs and streamline business operations. The provider has also reduced DSO by eight days, according to a press release. DASCO has implemented Apacheta's Transport Manager, which enables managers and customers service reps to centrally plan, schedule and monitor field force activity via a cloud-based...
In brief: Tricare will make payment adjustments; Hospital HME, DASCO form partnership
July 14, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Tricare, the healthcare program for uniformed services members and their families, will also adjust payments from June through December 2016 per a provision in the 21st Century Cures Act, according to AAHomecare.
The provision in the Cures Act requires Medicare to retroactively delay a second round of reimbursement cuts in non-bid areas from July 1, 2016, to Jan. 1, 2017, allowing providers to recoup a portion of six months worth of payments.
In a letter responding to HME...
Hospital HME, DASCO form partnership
July 11, 2017HME News Staff
POINT PLEASANT, Ohio - Pleasant Valley Hospital's HME division has entered into a joint venture with DASCO Home Medical Equipment, the Gallipolis Daily Tribune reports. It will now do business as DASCO-Pleasant Valley Home Medical Equipment and will be jointly owned by the two organizations, the newspaper says. “This partnership will allow DASCO to provide increased access to highly specialized respiratory equipment like home oxygen, non-invasive vent systems and CPAP equipment, while continuing...
HME Excellence Awards: DASCO turns ship again and again
November 23, 2016Kelly Bothum
WESTERVILLE, Ohio - Like so many other HME companies, DASCO Home Medical Equipment has gone through a lot of changes in the past few years.But there has been one constant: DASCO remains family-owned, thanks to a brother-and-sister team that continues to lead the Westerville, Ohio-based company founded by their father, Don, almost 30 years ago. CEO Rachel Mazur credits this family atmosphere for maintaining DASCO's success through several restructurings aimed at keeping the company competitive....