Tag: Home Oxygen Equipment
RRI upgrades duration card
March 27, 2025HME News Staff
ST. LOUIS – Responsive Respiratory has upgraded its popular duration card to include a full range of flow settings available on the company’s regulators, from pediatric to high flow. The card lists the most common medical oxygen cylinder sizes and the approximate duration for each when using a continuous flow oxygen regulator or 6:1 conserver on a full cylinder. “The duration card is handy tool for both providers and patients as it addresses one of the primary concerns for oxygen...
OxyGo taps new CEO
February 13, 2025HME News Staff
ORLANDO, Fla. – OxyGo has named Chris Carter as CEO to drive growth and innovation for OxyGo and its sister companies, Applied Home Healthcare Equipment and LIFE Corp. Carter, who was named COO of OxyGo in May 2024, has an extensive background in strategic operations and process optimization. Previously, he was COO-Americas for TP Aerospace for five years and senior director of operations for Invacare for 17 years. Carter’s appointment is part of an ongoing restructuring and streamlining...
‘Mother Nature is a beast’: Wildfires create ‘massive surge’ in calls
February 7, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
LOS ANGELES – HME providers in the Los Angeles metro area have had to manage mandatory evacuations, power outages and other challenges, all the while handling a surge in demand for their services by patients who have also been impacted by recent wildfires.
“We have many patients throughout that area and multiple facilities to which we provide equipment and service,” said Chris Rice, president of Diamond Respiratory in Riverside, Calif. “In fact, one in Altadena burned...
Missouri Medicaid to require firesafe cannulas
February 5, 2025HME News Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri’s Medicaid program, MO HealthNet, is now requiring DME oxygen providers to supply firesafe cannula valves to program participants, according to news reports.
The requirement, supported by representatives with the Springfield Fire Department, the Battlefield Fire District and the International Association of Fire Chiefs, went into effect Jan. 1 but will take time to implement across the state, according to the Springfield Daily Citizen.
“It’s...
Belluscura looks to wound care market
December 4, 2024HME News Staff
LONDON - Belluscura has entered into a joint venture with Separation Design Group and an undisclosed major medical device company to develop oxygen-based wound care solutions. The collaboration aims to address the growing wound care market through innovative treatments, including continuously diffused oxygen (CDO) therapy, which has shown potential in healing chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers. The joint venture, in which Belluscura will act as the original equipment manufacturer (OEM),...
OIG adds reviews for wheelchair repairs, oxygen
October 31, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Office of Inspector General added wheelchair repairs and oxygen and oxygen equipment to its work plan in October. For wheelchair repairs, the OIG will examine suppliers who provide these services and will consider the duration of repairs, their implementation of selected quality standards, and their identification of deficiencies related to wheelchair repairs. It will review documentation from wheelchair suppliers and accreditation organizations and conduct interviews with...
RRI issues newest product catalog
July 11, 2024HME News Staff
ST. LOUIS – Responsive Respiratory has released a new Product Solutions catalog for oxygen. The catalog highlights RRI’s newest entry into the oxygen analyzer market, the O2 Checker, and its commitment to high-pressure oxygen products. “The O2 checker is unique in today’s oxygen market,” said Steve Bannon, president. “The user-intuitive interface allows technicians to transition seamlessly between equipment types and features a simulated breath function to detect...
Health care groups push for oxygen reform in new letter
June 5, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – A coalition of patient, provider and professional organizations called on Congress to support and cosponsor the Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act, legislation that seeks to ensure that Medicare beneficiaries have access to the correct type and levels of oxygen, in a new letter.
The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST), American Lung Association, American Thoracic Society, COPD Foundation, Council...
CQRC leads way on oxygen reform
April 12, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – The fact that the HME industry, physician groups and patient groups are all in alignment on what needs to be done to fix the Medicare oxygen benefit should help to propel a new bill forward, says Dan Starck, interim chair of the Council for Quality Respiratory Care.
The Supplemental Oxygen Access Reform (SOAR) Act, introduced in late February in the Senate and in late March in the House of Representatives, has support from heavy hitters like the American Lung Association,...
AdaptHealth works on diabetes, as sleep & oxygen make gains
March 1, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. - Diabetes revenue for the fourth quarter of 2023 was down 3.8% against the prior year, driven in part by compression on insulin pumps, but AdaptHealth execs say they plan a big push to boost that part of the business in 2024.
Pump revenue in 2022 was about $160 million, and the company expected revenue of about $120 million in 2023.
“We came right in line with that expectation,” said Jason Clemens, CFO, during a recent call to discuss the company’s...