by Keith Kuhn | Mar 28, 2014 | Industry
Health IT is expected to top $34.5B, yet despite pressure to innovate, the industry is quite behind in disruptive innovation. Instead what we are seeing is attempts to improve efficiencies, which while valuable have no immediate or discernible impact on the industry....
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 28, 2014 | Industry
The American Association for Homecare will soon be launching a new communications campaign designed to directly reach out to patients and rally them behind AAHomecare’s advocacy efforts. The new patient awareness campaign, “Save My Medical Supplies”, will...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 28, 2014 | Industry
AbilTo, Inc., a New York, NY-based provider of remotely delivered, behavior interventions for high-cost medical populations, closed a $6m Series B financing. The round was led by BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners and Sandbox Industries, with participation from...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 27, 2014 | Industry
The House of Representatives today voted to approve a “doc-fix” bill that includes a provision to delay ICD-10 implementation for a year. The Senate is also expected to take up the measure today. The House Ways and Means Committee on March 26 released a version of its...
by Keith Kuhn | Mar 27, 2014 | Industry, Reimbursement
Representatives Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.) and Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) have drafted a strongly worded letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner citing problems with Medicare’s bidding program for home medical equipment. The letter asks CMS to refrain from further...
