Tag: Technology

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....

TORONTO – Infusion Ventures will use AlayaCare’s next-generation home-based care platform to prepare for continued growth. Woburn, Mass.-based Infusion Ventures currently offers home infusion nursing services in six northeastern states. "As we provide more home infusion nursing services, our core functions of nurse scheduling, electronic visit verification, billing and data management are important areas of focus," said David Pliner, president of Infusion Ventures. "We are delighted that...

SAN DIEGO – ResMed has appointed Urvashi Tyagi as CTO to lead the company’s Digital Health Technology team. She is charged with driving the innovation and adoption of ResMed’s cloud-based digital health platforms, as well as making investments in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and machine learning. “Urvashi brings world-class technology and engineering know-how, combined with senior leadership experience from other top fintech and consumer tech...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil says 10,000 power wheelchairs users in 16 different countries are now benefitting from the company’s smart technology. Permobil says connected chairs provide users valuable real-time information via the MyPermobil app on the status of their wheelchair’s battery, on distance traveled and on power seat function usage. Connected chairs also provide their local service technicians with data transmitted automatically to a Fleet Management portal, allowing...

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., and MONTREAL – Option Care Health and AlayaCare have established a technology collaboration to develop software for alternate site infusion therapy.   This effort builds on an existing relationship, under which Option Care Health, a provider of home and alternate site infusion services, uses AlayaCare’s existing home and community care software to manage its clinical resources at the point of care.   “The patient experience is at the forefront...

Q. How can providers take advantage of changing patient pathways through new technology and partnerships?   A. Last month, I focused on the value of Software as a Service (SaaS) tools and how effective they could be in maximizing outreach to patients, closing the patient to physician communication gap, helping generate profitable growth and improving patient outcomes.  I thought I would build on that and dig deeper into technology enabled...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – LUCI has formed a LUCI Commercial Market Team through partnerships with 10 independent representation groups. The partnerships span 47 states, increasing the availability of the company’s smart wheelchair technology to thousands of additional power wheelchair riders across the country. “The goal of LUCI is simple: to help people,” said Barry Dean, co-founder and CEO. “Forging new relationships like these is a direct result of that goal. We...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Permobil and LUCI have partnered to provide LUCI’s smart wheelchair technology to Veterans Affairs clinics nationwide. Through the partnership, Permobil sales and clinical education teams will be responsible for sales, installation and training for all available Luci models, including on non-Permobil wheelchairs. “Permobil has a rich history of servicing and supporting the VA and we are committed to bringing the most advanced technologies in the industry...

Q. How can providers use technology to provide more services and, ultimately, more revenue? A. Surviving the turbulence of COVID-19 makes thinking about new software and integration strategies impossible for even the most strategic and successful DME operators. It is in these challenging times, however, that we have to count on technology focused innovators and problem solvers to help DME operators improve operating efficiencies and find new sources of revenue. Fortunately, great work is being...

WASHINGTON - CMS needs to move away from the gap-fill methodology and develop an alternative payment system, AAHomecare urges in comments to a recent proposed rule on innovation and technology. The association says a new payment system would ensure appropriate payment and access, should a device receive approval under the proposed “Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technology” (MCIT). CMS has proposed MCIT as a streamlined pathway for “FDA-designated breakthrough...