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Nellcor Wins Noninfringement Judgment of Masimo Patent
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit last month affirmed the US District Court for the Central District of California decisions granting Nellcor’s motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of Masimo US Patent 6,036,642. It also denied Masimo’s related motion for a preliminary injunction. Nellcor denies Masimo’s claim that the NellcorŪ N-395 Pulse Oximeter and MP404 OEM circuit board infringe the ’642 patent. Nellcor continues its own patent infringement claim against Masimo for infringing seven patents, and in June, Nellcor filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction prohibiting Masimo’s continued sales of its Radical product and SatShare cable. HAHC Inks $750,000 Deal with Florida Health Department
The State of Florida’s Department of Health renewed its contract with Home Access Health Corporation (HAHC), Hoffman Estates, Ill, which provides Florida’s statewide hepatitis hotline and hepatitis C in-home testing kits. The annual contract, valued at $750,000, will continue through July 2002. DeRoyal Sales Force Certified as Orthotist/Prosthetist Fitters
A program that DeRoyal, Powell, Tenn, established this spring has turned 56 of its sales representatives and marketing personnel into fitters certified by the Board for Orthotist/Prosthetist Certification. “In the effort of serving our customer even better, we want our salespeople to provide the ultimate knowledge, experience, education, and service,” says Autry O.V. (Pete) DeBusk, CEO and founder of DeRoyal. Invacare Corporation Makes Web Site “Personal”
Invacare, Elyria, Ohio, has relaunched www.invacare.com using BroadVision Inc’s personalized e-business applications. The site now conforms to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines for Web content accessibility for people with disabilities. In addition, Invacare customers can now access their personalized account information, order status, credit availability, and an extensive online product catalog from the Web site. National Seating and Mobility Teams with Dr Stephen Hawking
Quantum™ Rehab, Exeter, Pa, a Division of Pride Mobility Products Corp, last month announced that National Seating and Mobility (NSM), will serve as the official US service and support team for Dr Stephen Hawking’s Quantum Jazzy 1400 Power Chair. Hawking, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), achieved international fame for providing mathematical support of the Big-Bang theory of the origin of the universe.
HME Insider
 Dealer/Provider spoke with Jay Williams, QS/1’s national sales manager for HME, about the impact of the new privacy standards, the advantages of computerization, and the impact of the slowing economy.Q How are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy regulations and the new X12 electronic format impacting HME?
A Providers are concerned particularly about the privacy standards that are part of the HIPAA regulations. When providers pull up a record, they have to be able to track who accessed this record, when they accessed it, and why they accessed it. That could get prohibitive to people because it could double or triple their work load. Q How is QS/1 helping customers to be HIPAA-compliant?
A We get calls every day at our corporate office about whether our software is compliant. It is not the software but the customer who needs to be compliant. [Our software is] going to keep up with who created [the record] and who the last person was that changed it. Q Howhould HME providers react to the current economic slowdown?
A The majority of HMEs get 90% to 95% of their revenue from a third-party payor, so the economic ups and downs are not so bad. If you have a sizeable portion of cash business, then that could affect you somewhat. Q What is the advantage of QS/1’s system?
A QS/1 helps automate the process of entering billing and payment information. The provider can track how much each company owes, do inventory control, check on purchase orders, and handle monthly rental issues. We have a package that is fast and easy to use. People want to do things quickly, but they also want to get information back out. Q What sort of customer support do you offer?
A We have more than 70 support technicians in 17 offices across the country and Canada, and they are available from 8 am to 10 pm Monday through Friday. Support is really important to people and probably 98% of our calls get resolved the same day. We do regional training in our offices on all our products, so in most cases it’s not real far [for people] to come. www.qs1.com; (800) 845-7558. |
| In Brief |  The Waukesha Area Chamber of Commerce chose Bruno Independent Living Aids, Inc, Oconomowoc, Wis, as the Top Small Business in Waukesha County to recognize the company’s positive growth and strong community relations.Drew Shoe, Lancaster, Ohio, promoted Christine Hopewell, RN, to director of sales-medical markets. Medical Data Institute, Trevose, Pa, promoted Karen DiTomasso from vice president to president of the company. Matthew Cohn, former president of MDI, will now serve as CEO. Midmark Corporation, Versailles, Ohio, appointed William Cron, PhD, (above photo) to its board of directors. Cron previously spent more than 20 years as a professor of marketing on the Corrigan Endowment at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. |
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