Tag: React Health
ReactDx launches sleep monitoring device
August 5, 2024HME News Staff
MELBOURNE, Fla. – ReactDx, a division of React Health, has launched NiteWatch, a sleep monitoring device that’s cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The company says NiteWatch empowers physicians to diagnose and manage sleep apnea in the comfort of the home. "We are thrilled to introduce NiteWatch, a significant step forward in the integration of sleep and cardiac care," said Bill Shoop, CEO of React Health. " We recognize the critical role that sleep health...
In brief: ALS report, McKesson agreement, Swift C-suite
June 28, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine have published “Living with ALS,” a report on improving the quality of care for individuals with ALS that includes specific recommendations to strengthen access to respiratory care.
The report includes a policy brief that urges CMS and private insurers to act quickly to expedite access to essential ALS medical and support services, including:
Requiring expedited (within 72 hours)...
React Health emphasizes holistic care in new mission statement
June 26, 2024HME News Staff
DUBLIN, Ohio – React Health and ReactDx have adopted joint mission and vision statements to underscore their commitment to optimizing the well-being of individuals by pioneering advanced diagnostics and therapeutics. "We believe this mission and vision will inspire our team and resonate with our providers and patients," said Bill Shoop, CEO, React Health. "They capture the essence of who we are and where we are headed, emphasizing our commitment to respiratory, sleep and cardiac...
Product launches: React Health
June 6, 2024HME News Staff
React Health has released the IntelliPAP option for the V*Home, V+Pro, V+C and VC+Pro ventilators. IntelliPAP is an optional tool that physicians may use when providing noninvasive ventilation in diseases that are associated with both respiratory insufficiency and obstructive sleep apnea. It enables the automatic adjustment of delivered PEEP levels in response to the detection of sleep disordered breathing (SDB) events. As an added safeguard, clinicians can limit the range of the automatic PEEP adjustment...
React Health secures coding for vent
March 4, 2024HME News Staff
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health has secured a HCPCS code, E0468, exclusively for its V+C Ventilator with Integrated Cough Assist Technology (ICAT). The new code addresses the evolving needs of the medical community by providing a standardized and comprehensive system that combines two leading respiratory treatments into one device, the company says. The V+C delivers invasive, non-invasive and mouthpiece ventilation, as well as high-flow therapy and integrated cough to adult and pediatric patients...
Philips exit skews vent market
March 1, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – With its Trilogy EVO considered the standard bearer, the decision by Philips to exit the home ventilator market in the U.S. is a tough hit, but “business goes on,” say industry players.
“Philips was the industry leader for NIV therapy,” said Elliot Campbell, executive vice president and chief commercial officer for Whitmore Lake, Mich.-based Trace Medical, a supplier of rental ventilators nationally. “But our customers have been in flux...
React Health CEO: How do we make a frictionless solution?
February 28, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SARASOTA, Fla. – Bill Shoop, who spent 20 years working his way up the ladder at ResMed, says his move to React Health is about “unfinished business.”
“I still think there’s a lot of work to do,” said Shoop, React Health’s new CEO. “I think, as we’ve started to understand more about sleep disorders and respiratory insufficiencies, the approach to diagnosis and treatment has stayed the same. How do we make a more frictionless solution?”
Here’s...
In brief: React Health and Rotech CEOs, Philips medical device reports
February 7, 2024HME News Staff
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health has appointed Bill Shoop, most recently vice president and general manager of ResMed North America, as its CEO.
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to join this experienced and talented team,” he said. “I believe React Health is very well positioned to help the industry and continue to advance our mission of delivering innovative solutions that positively impact patients’ lives and the people that care for them.”
Shoop,...
React Health names CEO
February 6, 2024HME News Staff
SARASOTA, Fla. – React Health has appointed Bill Shoop, most recently vice president and general manager of ResMed North America, as its CEO.
“I am extremely excited about the opportunity to join this experienced and talented team,” he said. “I believe React Health is very well positioned to help the industry and continue to advance our mission of delivering innovative solutions that positively impact patients’ lives and the people that care for them.”
Shoop,...
Manufacturers seek to ‘take pain away’
February 2, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – The decision by Philips to discontinue its line of oxygen concentrators in the U.S. will leave a significant gap in the market, but manufacturers say they’re ramping up to meet increased demand, with lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and the CPAP recall.
Just prior to announcing it had agreed on the terms of a consent decree related to the recall, Philips announced on Jan. 25 that it was discontinuing sales for 19 products, including the EverFlo home...