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Viemed Healthcare, Inc. | July 06, 2022

Viemed Healthcare, Inc. a national leader in respiratory care and technology-enabled home medical equipment services, announced a third peer-reviewed and published study demonstrating the benefits of non-invasive ventilation at home The study, titled “Early Initiation of Non-Invasive Ventilation at Home Improves Survival and Reduces Healthcare Costs in COPD Patients with Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study” was published in Respiratory Medicine, a...

Digital Healthcare

IncludeHealth | December 02, 2021

The Christ Hospital Health Network is leading the digital evolution among their orthopedic patients by adopting IncludeHealth's MSK-OSTM—an innovative technology that makes specialized musculoskeletal (MSK) care accessible and convenient. The partnership brings the well-known physical therapy services right inside a patient’s home. Now, The Christ Hospital team can pair already exceptional and coordinated in-person care with an at-home virtual PT solution to track an...

Fiercehealthcare | April 30, 2020

Some House lawmakers want to ensure safety net hospitals wouldn’t lose eligibility to participate in the 340B drug discount program due to their response to COVID-19. Reps. Doris Matsui, D-California, and Chris Stewart, R-Utah, wrote to House leadership (PDF) Tuesday outlining concerns that hospitals will be cut off from the program because they have to expand capacity to fight COVID-19. “To support our safety net hospitals through this crisis, we write to ask that any ...

HealthPayerIntelligence | January 29, 2020

Payers can no longer ignore the social determinants of health that impact its member’s lives. Countless studies have linked housing, food insecurity, transportation, and access to care to negative health outcomes. Yet tackling each of these issues can be a challenge for payers as these risk factors are outside of its traditional responsibilities and benefits packages. For over a decade, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Health Plan has been implementing various...