Tag: Pride Mobility
Pride Mobility launches app
August 12, 2024HME News Staff
DURYEA, Pa. – Pride Mobility has introduced a convenient alternative to a hand control – the new My VivaLift app. The app is designed to make it easier than ever for a user to find the perfect resting position or adjust the chair to their liking. It’s also a convenient alternative to a hand control. All users need to do is download the app and enable Bluetooth capability on their preferred device. The app contains the same functions as a hand control, as well as heat and massage...
Product launches: Pride Mobility, Fisher & Paykel
April 9, 2024HME News Staff
Pride Mobility Products has launched the Go Go Elite Traveller 2 4-Wheel, a scooter that it says has the tightest turning radius of any four-wheel scooter on the market. The scooter features iTurn Technology, offering four-wheel stability with three-wheel maneuverability. It also features interchangeable red and black shrouds that come standard with six additional colors available, two battery options and a weight capacity of 300 pounds and a top speed of 4 mph. FMI: https://www.pridemobility.com/go-go-travel-mobility/go-go-elite-traveller-2-4-wheel/.
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Pride names Roll Models
February 8, 2024HME News Staff
DURYEA, Pa. – Pride Mobility has named its two newest Roll Models: Chris Carrino and Brooke Slick.
Each will receive a three-month paid contract and their choice of a Jazzy Carbon power wheelchair or a Go Go Travel Mobility scooter.
“We are thrilled to welcome Chris and Brooke to the Pride family,” said Stephanie Woodward, brand ambassador coordinator. “This nationwide search has brought us two outstanding individuals who not only embrace the capabilities...
Restore Mobility features Pride lift chairs
December 18, 2023HME News Staff
BIDDEFORD, Maine – Restore Mobility, an online family-run business offering a range of mobility products, has announced a strategic partnership with Pride Mobility. Restore Mobility will now feature Pride Mobility’s Power Lift Recliners, as well as the company’s Jazzy Power Chairs and Go-Go Scooters. “Our core mission is simple yet powerful: ensuring utmost customer satisfaction,” a company spokesperson said. “Being a small business grants us the opportunity to...
Exhibitors look forward to ‘big turnout’
February 27, 2023John Andrews
DALLAS – Moving Medtrade to a central location that not only makes travel easier but also offers recreational opportunities could help boost attendance, exhibitors say.
“Dallas is a great central location with a lot of ‘draw’ for attendees in terms of social and entertaining opportunities, as well as a hub for major airlines to make it easy to get to,” said Katherine Royster, executive vice president of marketing for Sarasota, Fla.-based React Health. “I...
Funding, care coordination key for kids
August 2, 2022John Andrews
Pediatrics can be viewed as a complex puzzle consisting of disparate pieces that must fit together to furnish the comprehensive care each patient needs. HME providers serving this market are tasked with finding the funding, care coordination, clinical resources and medical equipment designed for growing bodies.
It’s a major challenge that brings major rewards, says Amy Morgan, principal product manager at Lebanon, Tenn.-based Permobil.
“The reality of serving as a CRT...
Pride promotes Distasio
July 13, 2022HME News Staff
DURYEA, Pa. – Pride Mobility has named Jeffrey Distasio to vice president of sales. Distasio served as senior director, Pride Sales, for the past three-and-a-half years, with responsibilities that included directing the inside sales, field sales, technical service and product support teams. “I am humbled and appreciative for the opportunity to lead the Pride team,” Distasio said. “I look forward to continuing to work with our providers and delivering an exceptional experience...
Mobility is navigating the ‘new normal’
June 24, 2022John Andrews
The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly illuminated the value of homecare, emphasizing the importance of keeping patients out of congregate care settings, along with the enhanced benefits of HME products and services. As a result, demand for home medical equipment – especially mobility products – has risen considerably over the past two years, manufacturers say.
“As more people are choosing to remain at home rather than in a nursing facility, the demand for many products related...
Accessories: ‘Our road has not ended’
July 2, 2021HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – It’s not a permanent fix, but stakeholders say it’s a great sign that, about a month after taking the reins, CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure agreed to extend a suspension of scheduled Medicare cuts to accessories for complex rehab manual wheelchairs.
CMS announced on June 23 that it would extend an 18-month pause on applying competitive bidding pricing to these accessories for an additional 90 days, until Oct. 1.
“We have seen some...
Pride Mobility, 11-year-old work together on donation
July 29, 2020HME News Staff
PLYMOUTH, Pa. - Pride Mobility has donated a Jazzy Air 2 Power Wheelchair to Ann-Marie Kelly. Pride Mobility learned of Kelly's need after being contacted by the mother of 11-year-old Brian Lyons, her neighbor. Lyons had noticed that Kelly's power wheelchair was old and no longer reliable, and he decided to start a GoFundMe fundraiser and hold lemonade stands to raise money for a new wheelchair. Lyons helped Pride Mobility present the new power wheelchair to Kelly on July 20. “It makes me feel...