HHS issues consumer warning following $3B urinary catheter scam
By
Adam Healy
Mar 11, 2024
The Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General released a consumer alert late last week, warning Medicare enrollees of a scam involving urinary catheters. The alert comes only...
Cost pressures affecting access to enteral nutrition, HME providers say
By
Foster Stubbs
Jan 16, 2024
Enteral nutrition (EN) can be critical for adults and children who suffer from malnutrition. But it faces an uncertain future, according to the American Association for Homecare, which represents home...
DME provider urges CMS to update home health billing policy
By
Liza Berger
Sep 05, 2023
The home health proposed rule drew powerful opinions during the public comment period from home health and hospice providers. It also elicited a strong reaction — positive and negative — from another...
HME recall gaps top list of health technology hazards
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jan 19, 2023
Gaps in recalls for home medical equipment (HME) are the nation’s top health technology safety issue, according to a nonprofit aimed at improving industry safety.
Breaking the logjams that delay patient access to home medical equipment
By
Kevin Rath
Dec 20, 2022
When healthcare providers prescribe home medical equipment for patients in need of post-acute care or managing a chronic illness, it’s critically important these patients can receive their prescribed...
It’s time for an integrated approach to home care
By
Paul Pino
Oct 11, 2022
Despite the many benefits home care can offer, the traditional home care model in the United States requires vast improvements.
Home oxygen fires claimed 300+ deaths since 2017, industry study finds
By
Liza Berger
Nov 09, 2021
Fires involving home oxygen have killed 316 people, including two firefighters, in the United States since 2017, according to U.S. media reports. Also, those fires resulted in the destruction of nearly...
Intermountain and SCL merger brings expanded home health to six states
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 20, 2021
The mega merger of Intermountain Healthcare and SCL Health could bring expanded home health services to patients in a half dozen western states.
Two large health plans forge unique agreements with firms in home care space
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 05, 2021
Two major health plans this week disclosed partnerships to provide more services to patients at home. Ready, an on-demand healthcare service, said Wednesday that it now offers at-home healthcare services...
Durable medical equipment provider charged in $10M healthcare fraud scheme
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 04, 2021
A Perfect Fit for You, a Morehead City, NC, maker of durable medical equipment — including powered wheelchairs, powered air flotation beds, osteogenesis stimulator, pneumatic compressor, orthotic braces...