The Mobility Management Coffee Break curates social and digital media quick hits to entertain, enjoy, educate and inspire. Send me your recommendations ([email protected]) with a sentence or two about why you’ve chosen them. Feel free to recommend your own websites, podcasts and resources. A disclaimer for video shorts: I’ve only viewed the specific shorts listed…
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FR Conversions Earns NMEDA Manufacturer Quality Assurance Program Certification
The company’s vehicles include conventional and hybrid wheelchair-accessible minivans.
FR Conversions has achieved Manufacturer Quality Assurance Program (MQAP) certification from the National Mobility Equipment Dealers Association. The Westminster, Maryland-based manufacturer performs vehicle conversions for wheelchair-accessible minivans, ambulances and commercial mobility fleets. “MQAP certification reflects FR Conversions’ documented quality systems, compliance with applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards, and ongoing commitment to supporting NMEDA-certified dealers…
Kalogon Hires Jon Raffii as National Field Educator
Raffii’s new duties will include developing training programs and creating continuing education opportunities.
Jon Raffii, ATP, has joined Kalogon as the seating manufacturer’s new national field educator. Raffii has served in the Complex Rehab Technology industry for almost 20 years. Most recently, he worked as an ATP for National Seating & Mobility in Fort Myers, Florida, and ran an amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) clinic equipment program. Raffii also…
Telehealth Flexibilities Extended for OTs, PTs, Through December 2027
The latest appropriations bill gives advocates nearly two years to create a permanent fix.
The latest federal appropriations bill included language that extends telehealth flexibilities for occupational (OT) and physical therapists (PT), as well as for speech-language pathologists and audiologists, through Dec. 31, 2027. The Consolidated Appropriations Act 2026 (H.R. 7148), signed by President Donald Trump on Feb. 3, finally gives clinicians some breathing room, after earlier continuing resolutions…
Permobil Launches Comfort Unite Back Support Series
The new line brings together solutions from the ROHO and Comfort brands.
Permobil’s new Comfort Unite lineup is designed to make the complex task of choosing the optimal back support a little bit easier for a full range of wheelchair riders’ needs. Available in five “streamlined configurations,” the new line brings together products and functions from the ROHO and Comfort (formerly Comfort Company) brands “to simplify clinical…
AAHomecare Seeks Co-Signers for Letter to Exclude Urological Supplies from Competitive Bidding
The letter is expected to accept additional supporters till Feb. 20.
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) is urging stakeholders to support a Congressional sign-on letter seeking to exclude urological, ostomy and tracheostomy supplies from Medicare’s competitive bidding program — or at least to delay these supplies’ inclusion. In a Feb. 9 email to the industry, AAHomecare said this effort is being led by Rep. Chris…
Take 5 with Mobility Management’s Coffee Break
HERL plans fundraiser; SOUL Mobility on bridging the manual/power gap.
Clinics, labs, hospitals, classrooms, conference rooms … seating and wheeled mobility is an awesome industry, but an intense and tiring one. You deserve a breather! Enter the Mobility Management Coffee Break, social and digital media quick hits recommended by your colleagues (and me)! Send me your recommendations ([email protected]), along with a sentence or two about…
Rehab Medical Acquires Risch Home Health Care in Central Ohio
This is the second acquisition announced by Rehab Medical in 2026.
Rehab Medical has acquired Boomers Medical Equipment, dba Risch Home Health Care, located in Lancaster, Ohio. The acquisition, finalized on Jan. 1, 2026, was announced by Rehab Medical on Feb. 4. Rehab Medical announced in January that it had acquired New York-based Consolidated Medical, a deal also finalized on Jan. 1. The newest addition “further…
Drive Medical Announces Acquisition of Compass Health Brands
Compass Health comprises a range of home medical equipment categories, including mobility.
Drive Medical has acquired Compass Health Brands, manufacturer of a range of home medical equipment, including respiratory, sleep apnea, bath safety, beds, support surfaces, mobility products, and TENS (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) therapy. The terms of the deal were not released. “The acquisition further strengthens Drive Medical’s product portfolio and expands its ability to serve…
Introducing Mobility Management’s Social Media Coffee Break
Favorites from the digital media world … and we want to hear from you!
Because even seating and wheeled mobility professionals need a break now and then, in this new column I’ll be highlighting digital media standouts, including websites, videos, podcasts and social media posts. My choices and opinions are my own, but I’d love to learn about your favorites — so let’s make this a group project. Send…