Tag: Encore Healthcare
Stakeholders see hurdles, burdens in proposed decision on vents
March 28, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders are carefully weighing their response to CMS’s proposed decision on coverage for noninvasive home mechanical ventilators and respiratory assist devices, including asking the agency to pause implementation of the policy.
CMS on March 11 released a proposed decision in response to the request to reconsider NCD 280.1 to establish coverage policies for the use of noninvasive HMV and RAD for Medicare beneficiaries with COPD.
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Encore integrates Nexus with cloud-based platforms
March 12, 2025HME News Staff
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – Encore Healthcare has integrated its Nexus program with React Health, Mōvair and Philips cloud-based ventilator management platforms. These integrations mark the first of several integrations that will significantly reduce the workload for HME providers managing ventilator patients, allowing for streamlined compliance management, the company says. “Our mission at Encore Healthcare is to continuously innovate and drive better outcomes for patients with chronic respiratory...
Encore, Trace provide ‘ultimate easy button’
November 15, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – Encore Healthcare’s new strategic partnership with Trace Medical helps providers streamline the process of managing ventilator patients and improve their ability to deliver clinical outcomes, say Zach Gantt.
As part of the partnership, Encore Healthcare’s clinical management and compliance services are married with Trace Medical’s vent rental offering to form a one-stop solution called Vent360+.
“We’re working on several partnerships...
In brief: CGM outcomes, Vent360+ launch, O&P WOY, AdaptHealth refi
September 18, 2024HME News Staff
DALLAS – Patients living with diabetes who use continuous glucose monitoring devices had 35% lower total cost of care and 23% higher device adherence when therapy was provided through a medical vs. pharmacy benefit, according to peer-reviewed research conducted by CCS and published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research Diabetes (JMID).
Non-adherent patients who use CGMs also had a higher rate of therapy reinitiation when therapy was provided through a medical (22%) vs. pharmacy...
Encore Healthcare, Trace Medical jointly launch Vent360+
September 17, 2024HME News Staff
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. - Encore Healthcare and Trace Medical have formed a strategic partnership to launch Vent360+, a solution designed to simplify and streamline the provision of ventilator services for HME providers.
The one-stop solution integrates ventilator rentals, clinical management and compliance oversight – all under one convenient, all-inclusive monthly price.
“This partnership is a game-changer for the industry,” said Zach Gantt, president & CEO of Encore...
In brief: FTC tackles PBMs, AAH surveys impact, Encore measures management
July 10, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has published an interim report that underscores the negative impact pharmacy benefit managers have on accessibility and affordability of prescription drugs.
The FTC’s report, which is part of an ongoing inquiry launched in 2022, details how increasing vertical integration and concentration has enabled the six largest PBMs to manage nearly 95% of all prescriptions filled in the United States. This market structure has allowed PBMs to...
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:
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Promotions: Encore Health, CCS
April 25, 2024HME News Staff
LIVINGSTONE, Tenn. – Encore Healthcare has promoted Carrie Proffitt, RRT, to senior vice president of operations. Over the last few years, her role has evolved from clinical operations to overall operations of Encore’s software and service business lines. In her previous role as vice president of clinical operations, Proffitt demonstrated exceptional leadership, dedication and a deep commitment to Encore's mission, the company says.
Dallas-based CCS has named Scott Streator...
Encore leverages AI/ML
December 5, 2023HME News Staff
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – Encore Healthcare says its Nexus AI/ML Nexus engine, developed in partnership with a global artificial intelligence and machine learning research leader, can save $106 million cumulatively in health care costs over five years per 1,000 ventilator patients, representing a 46.7% reduction. In contrast, the company says traditional management systems save $25 million, a 10.8% reduction. “We leveraged cutting-edge analytics techniques and forecasted potential outcomes...
Encore’s ‘pro-DME’ model takes off
September 1, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
LIVINGSTON, Tenn. – Encore Healthcare’s NEXUS software crossed the 100,000-patient mark in August, a sign the company is “at a different scale” with its respiratory management services, says CEO Zach Gantt.
“We’re more than 130,000 patients in our various different programs, including NEXUS and our tele-respiratory program, as of this week,” Gantt, RRT, FAARC, said in August. “They’re from all 50 states.”
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