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WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and VGM are partnering on a new virtual advocacy event to bolster awareness and support for Medicare legislation as Congress enters the final legislative weeks of the year.    The DMEPOS Relief Act of 2023 (H.R. 5555 and S. 1294), would provide a 90/10 blended Medicare reimbursement rate for most home medical equipment products in competitive bidding areas for all of 2024 and extend the current 75/25 blended rate currently in effect in rural/non-CBA...

WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and the ALS Association continue to press their case with CMS that Medicare Advantage plans are improperly denying claims and imposing stricter coverage criteria for non-invasive ventilators than Medicare allows.  In an Oct. 4 letter to Kathryn Coleman, director, Medicare Drug & Health Plan Contract Admin Group for CMS, AAHomecare and the ALS Association share examples of MA plans that are “ignoring physician's orders and instead use excessive prior...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has launched a new Digital Health Advisory Committee to help the agency explore the complex, scientific and technical issues related to digital health technologies (DHTs), such as artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), augmented reality, virtual reality, digital therapeutics, wearables, remote patient monitoring and software. The committee will advise the FDA on issues related to DHTs, providing relevant expertise and perspective...

YAVNE, Israel – 3M Health Care will provide its two-layer compression systems, Coban 2 and Coban 2 Lite, to be used during the debridement and wound healing phases of the EscharEx Phase III study as part of a collaboration with MediWound, a biopharmaceutical company focused on next-generation enzymatic therapeutics for tissue repair. "In our pursuit of excellence, one primary aim is to ensure consistency across subjects while delivering optimal care throughout the study,” said Ofer Gonen,...

LITTLETON, Colo. – Vivos Therapeutics, a medical technology company focused on developing treatments for patients suffering from mild-to-moderate obstructive sleep apnea and snoring in adults, announced that its flagship daytime-nighttime appliance (DNA) will be tested in a clinical trial at Stanford Medicine. “We are extremely excited to be starting this trial at Stanford Medicine, which has been in the works for some time” said R. Kirk Huntsman, chairman and CEO of Vivos. “I...

EVANSTON, Ill. – Synapse Health recently added a CTO to its executive team to leverage technology, including a medical rules engine, to streamline the HME ordering process.  The company, which launched in its current form in 2021, currently serves patients in 44 states, processing thousands of orders per day.   “It’s a challenging environment,” said Tony Kilgore, CEO. “From a documentation standpoint, there’s still a lot of manual processes....

RICHFIELD, Minn. – Best Buy will sell the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) to eligible customers through BestBuy.com, where they'll transition to a new platform, Wellness.BestBuyHealth.com, to complete the process.  It’s the first time the electronics giant will offer prescription-based medical devices to customers.  “Through our health and wellness categories at Best Buy, we make it easy to purchase any of our thousands of carefully curated...

PARSIPPANY, N.J., and GERMANTOWN, Md. – Ascensia Diabetes Care and Senseonics Holdings have launched a new U.S. advertising and marketing campaign for the Eversense E3 CGM System. The “CGM for Real Life” campaign seeks to drive awareness of the Eversense E3, a six-month, implantable sensor, as well as the everyday challenges people with diabetes face. “This campaign is designed to challenge the status quo in continuous glucose monitoring, which for too long has meant self-insertion...

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The University of Hartford’s first graduates of the Certificate in O&P Business Management were honored during a graduation ceremony Sept. 9 during the American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association’s 2023 National Assembly in Indianapolis. “We were pleased to celebrate the accomplishments of the graduates during the 2023 National Assembly,” said Eve Lee, CAE, executive director of AOPA. “The Certificate in O&P Business Management is a unique...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association has released a draft practice standard that describes situations that may require the use of electronic mechanical pumps to minimize adverse reactions and promote adherence to infusion therapies administered in the home. NHIA practice standards represent a consensus of professional judgment, expert opinion and documented evidence, and are meant to provide guidance and direction to NHIA members and other audiences...