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🗒️Also Noted: The National Community Pharmacists Association and the University of Southern California have unveiled an interactive, user-friendly pharmacy shortage area mapping tool available to the general public. hmenews.com/article/ncpa-usc…
🗒️Also Noted: In a new clinical practice guideline, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) for the first time is providing recommendations for the management of obstructive sleep apnea in medically hospitalized adults. hmenews.com/article/aasm-rel…
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🕸️Wednesday on the web: AdvaMed has welcomed a letter from U.S. Sens. Susan Collins and Jeanne Shaheen, co-chairs of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, urging CMS not to finalize a competitive bidding program that could reduce access to CGMs. hmenews.com/article/advamed-…
🚨New news: 🗣️A final rule with further details about CMS’s next round of the competitive bidding program (CBP) was not released last week, giving industry stakeholders more time to continue advocacy efforts, @aahomecare says. 🔗hmenews.com/article/final-ru…
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🚨New news: 🤝AdaptHealth announced as part of its third quarter financial results that it has signed another preferred provider agreement with a payer representing about 170,000 members. 🔗hmenews.com/article/adapthea…
🚨New news: 🩹@Convatec says CMS’s revised payment rate for skin substitutes represents an estimated headwind of about 1% to 2% of Group revenue for 2026. That is unchanged from the company’s guidance from the first half of 2025. 🔗hmenews.com/article/convatec…
🚨New news: 💊@apnimed has announced The Lancet has published positive results from the Phase 2 FLOW study evaluating sulthiame, a differentiated, once-daily oral carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). 🔗hmenews.com/article/apnimed-…
🚨 Happening TOMORROW! Don’t miss your chance to hear from Melissa Mayer, Senior Product Manager at NikoHealth, as she shares how AI is revolutionizing DME operations. ✅ Cut busywork. Boost efficiency. Unlock growth. #DME #HME #healthtech #betterbusiness
🚨New news: 💵@Medline has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) related to a proposed public offering of its common stock. 🔗hmenews.com/article/medline-…
🚨New news: 📜@CMSGov says its CY2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule reduces waste and unnecessary use of skin substitutes and introduces a new payment model focused on improving care for chronic disease management. 🔗hmenews.com/article/cms-fina…
🚨New news: 🏢Philips Respironics plans to lay off nearly 200 employees at three facilities in Westmoreland County, Pa., according to a WARN notice filed with the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. 🔗hmenews.com/article/respiron…