Tag: Tomorrow Health
What’s ‘next chapter’ in HME data?
November 1, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
PORTLAND, Maine – A dearth of data makes it difficult for the HME industry to fully leverage AI and other developing technologies, so it may have to shift its focus, according to a panel of vendors at the HME News Business Summit in October.
Because personal health information is protected and because HME companies are typically smaller in size – “No organization here has enough data to feed a large language model,” said Dr. Charlotte Lawson, CEO and co-founder of...
Tomorrow Health 'magnifies impact’
May 24, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
NEW YORK – About a year after closing its medical supply business, Tomorrow Health has added key executives to increase the uptake on the company’s “full stack technology business,” which now includes e-prescribing.
Tomorrow Health announced in April that it had made three hires, including Craig Thompson as general manager and senior vice president of sales, who is charged with growing the company’s referral and provider network.
“Our HME relationships...
In brief: CMS presses MA plans, Tomorrow Health builds growth team
April 10, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS has finalized policies that it says will continue to strengthen protections and guardrails to ensure Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug plans best meet the needs of enrollees.
The Contract Year 2025 Medicare Advantage and Part D final rule will:
Establish a set amount a plan can compensate an agent or broker to protect Medicare Advantage and Part D plan enrollees and prospective enrollees from anti-competitive steering.
Require...
Tomorrow Health builds growth team
April 8, 2024HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Tomorrow Health has hired Gabriela Perez as chief growth officer, Craig Thompson as general manager and senior vice president of sales and Peter Saul as director of provider growth. "The expansion of our growth team comes as we aim to capitalize on significant demand from enterprise partners to enable high-quality home-based care," said Vijay Kedar, founder and CEO of Tomorrow Health. "Having Gabriela at the helm of a dynamic, relentless team – alongside Craig...
In brief: Bid language moves, AdaptHealth gets sued, NC DME wins
November 3, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Language that would extend the 75/25 blended Medicare reimbursement rate in non-bid areas through 2024 is included in a draft of omnibus health care legislation in advance of a Senate Finance Committee mark-up session that could take place as early as this week.
Inclusion in this initial draft of legislative language to be considered by the committee does not guarantee the 75/25 provisions from S. 1294 will, ultimately, pass into law, but it's a significant step...
Tomorrow Health shows results
November 2, 2023HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Tomorrow Health recently released new data with Geisinger Health Plan that shows an 83% reduction in care and supply delivery times since March 2021. The company is using the data to illustrate how improving home-based care delivery can have measurable impacts on health plan costs, member satisfaction and overall health outcomes for patients. "We are grateful to work with Geisinger to improve the home-based care experience for over 600,000 members in Pennsylvania," said Vijay Kedar,...
In brief: Tomorrow Health exits supply biz, Samaritan Medical sells to Norco
May 26, 2023HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Tomorrow Health has closed its first-party HME supply business to “remove barriers and unlock new opportunities” for its network of home-based care providers, the company has announced.
Tomorrow Health's decision to concentrate on its technology for supplier partners comes as the broader health care ecosystem shifts its strategic priorities and seeks greater support in enabling the delivery and reimbursement of quality home-based care, it says.
"HME...
Tomorrow Health exits supply business
May 25, 2023HME News Staff
NEW YORK – Tomorrow Health has closed its first-party HME supply business to “remove barriers and unlock new opportunities” for its network of home-based care providers, the company has announced.
Tomorrow Health's decision to concentrate on its technology for supplier partners comes as the broader health care ecosystem shifts its strategic priorities and seeks greater support in enabling the delivery and reimbursement of quality home-based care, it says.
"HME...
Tomorrow Health on Medicaid: ‘The drive for greater efficiency is paramount’
May 5, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
NEW YORK – Tomorrow Health’s move to expand its customer base to include Medicaid managed care organizations will benefit HME providers by streamlining often cumbersome processes for these patients, says CEO Vijay Kedar.
“For many Medicaid members that are in need of equipment or supplies, it is often quite complex to navigate the benefit and coverage guidelines, as well as the administrative complexity that is required,” he said. “We've felt that expanding...
Tomorrow Health strives ‘to give more time to everybody’
April 7, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
In his seven years working at Uber, Ryan Colby handled the nuts and bolts of automating a business. He brought that framework to his new role as head of go-to-market at Tomorrow Health.
“One of the most important things through all of that was the ability to move any given process or strategy along the continuum from really scrappy and manual all the way through to fully automated,” said Colby. “This is something we think about a lot at Tomorrow Health. How do we go from...