ISS 2025 App Now Available If you’re heading to Pittsburgh next week, download the International Seating Symposium’s (ISS) app to keep track of your educational sessions, meetings, and conference events. The cvent events app is free to download and is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Scan the QR code to…
Briefly: ISS 2025 App Now Available; New ALS Navigator Helps Patients, Families with Insurance Denials
Ultralightweight Wheelchair Upgrades on the Agenda at AAHomecare’s Expanded Legislative Conference
The conference is scheduled for May 12-13.
Carbon and titanium upgrade legislation will be among the talking points at this May’s legislative conference hosted by the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare). AAHomecare noted in a March 5 announcement that 2025 “has ushered in a new administration and major leadership changes on Congressional committees of jurisdiction for health-care finance issues. Our industry must…
Ekso Bionics to Focus on Indego Personal Exoskeleton Expansion Through CRT, DME Channels
The company shared its plans during a March 3 earnings call.
In an earnings call covering its 2024 full-year results, executives from Ekso Bionics (Nasdaq: EKSO) described the company’s plans to get its Ekso Indego Personal exoskeleton into the hands of more patients. “Revenue of $17.9 million was down from $18.3 million for the same period in 2023,” Ekso Bionics CFO Jerome Wong said, in describing…
Briefly: NCART Reschedules Webinar; RESNA Offers Membership Card
Featuring the National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology and the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America.
NCART Reschedules Joint Webinar with U.S. Rehab The National Coalition for Rehab & Assistive Technology (NCART) has rescheduled its March 6 webinar, an event to be held in collaboration with U.S. Rehab. In a March 3 bulletin, NCART said the webinar “Future-Proofing Complex Rehab Technology: Strategies for Growth and Protection in 2025” will now be…
CRT Defines Innovation: Mobility As Health Risk Mitigation
Clinician Task Force Executive Director Tamara Kittelson on how seating, positioning and wheeled mobility impact clients for a lifetime.
On Feb. 25, Mobility Management and Editor in Chief Laurie Watanabe hosted the webinar CRT Defines Innovation, with panelists Stan Arledge, ATP/SMS, at Senior Mobility Aids, a provider in California; Tamara Kittelson, ATP/SMS, an occupational therapist and executive director of the Clinician Task Force; and Julie Piriano, PT, ATP/SMS, senior director of payer relations and…
ACU-Serve Welcomes New Chief Technology Officer
Grant Porteous is tasked with advancing ACU-Serve’s technology infrastructure and scaling its innovative solutions.
ACU-Serve, a provider of health-care revenue cycle optimization solutions, has introduced a new chief technology officer. Grant Porteous “will play a critical role in advancing ACU-Serve’s technology infrastructure and scaling its innovative solutions,” ACU-Serve said in a Feb. 18 press release. Porteous has more than 25 years’ experience in health-care technology and has “a proven…
Rose Schafhauser Honored As 2025 Van Miller Homecare Champion
The longtime industry advocate accepted the award during Medtrade.
Longtime home medical equipment (HME) industry advocate and leader Rose Schafhauser was honored at Medtrade as the 2025 Van Miller Homecare Champion. In a Feb. 12 press release announcing this year’s winner, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) congratulated Schafhauser, the executive director of the Midwest Association for Medical Equipment Services & Supplies (MAMES) and…
Bill for Medicare Carbon Fiber, Titanium Upgrades Introduced in House
The bill would make upgrading ultralightweight frames more accessible for Medicare beneficiaries
A bill that would provide a more accessible pathway for Medicare beneficiaries to upgrade to carbon fiber or titanium ultralightweight wheelchairs has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 1703 was introduced on Feb. 27 by Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.) and Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.). It’s described on the Congress.gov website as amending…
Briefly: NCART, U.S. Rehab Partner on Webinar; AIM Adds EVP
Featuring the National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology, VGM & Associates, and Abilities in Motion.
NCART, U.S. Rehab to Present Strategies for Growth Webinar The National Coalition for Assistive & Rehab Technology (NCART) and U.S. Rehab are cohosting a March 6 webinar entitled Future-Proofing Complex Rehab Technology: Strategies for Growth and Protection in 2025. The webinar’s speakers are Wayne Grau, executive director, NCART; Julie Piriano, PT, ATP/SMS, senior director of…
Airlines Sue Over DOT Rule Strengthening Protections for Wheelchair Riders
The rule, which began taking effect in January, holds airlines accountable for wheelchair damage and delays.
Five U.S. airlines have filed a lawsuit asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (New Orleans) to review the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers for Disabilities Using Wheelchairs rule. On Feb. 18, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways Corp., Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines asked the court…