HIMA forms new advisory committees
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Health Industry Manufacturers Association expands its committee structure, creating a home care sector advisory committee and an in vitro diagnostics advisory committee, to meet the "growing needs of key industry sectors." The home care committee, chaired by CAIRE President and CEO Ed Powell, will address the concerns of manufacturers of home care products used in "infusion therapy, respiratory therapy, wound care, ostomy and incontinence," as well as manufacturers of "wheelchairs and other capital equipment." The IVD committee, headed by David Thompson, senior vice president for strategic improvement processes at Abbott Laboratories, will focus on issues such as "Medicare reimbursement, international standards activities, and outcomes analysis"