The Sheeder Firm: Prevention, Compliance and Advocacy
Offering legal and compliance advice and counsel to the health care industry

DALLAS, January 24, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Frank Sheeder, a leading health care legal and compliance professional, has launched The Sheeder Firm. With over 30 years of experience representing members of the health care industry as a "tall building lawyer," Sheeder has built a platform that expands beyond traditional law firm services — across the continuum of Prevention, Compliance, and Advocacy.

The Sheeder Firm provides individualized solutions in matters involving compliance programs, government investigations and audits, the False Claims Act, whistleblowers, and allegations of billing fraud. Some of the firm's novel offerings include a "Counsel on Demand" ready reference service with rapid response times, rendering second opinions, serving as fractional or interim General Counsel or Compliance Officer, and compliance education supported by artificial intelligence (AI). The firm also publishes video updates to keep members of the health care industry informed on key developments and topics of interest.

Sheeder states, "I have had the privilege of representing health care clients for decades. With all of the risks and pressures they are currently confronting, I have designed The Sheeder Firm to address their needs in flexible, cost-efficient, and innovative ways."

As a licensed attorney in Texas since 1987 and former President of the Health Care Compliance Association/Society for Corporate Compliance and Ethics (HCCA/SCCE), Sheeder brings the responsiveness, dedication, and thoroughness for which he has become known to this new firm.

NEW YORK, January 24, 2023 (Newswire.com) - AMC Health today announced the appointment of James Considine as its new Chief Operating Officer, responsible for overseeing the company's business operations and translating AMC Health's strategic vision to drive continued growth and operating efficiency. 

Mr. Considine brings over 20 years of management experience to AMC Health, including most recently serving as Head of Business Operations at Philips, where he was responsible for the company's inpatient monitoring business unit. Prior to that, he was responsible for business operations at Philips Lifeline, the market leader in personal emergency response, and held senior leadership roles at GE Power. James has led multiple organizational transformation initiatives, including Lean Six Sigma deployments, digital initiatives and operational excellence programs.

A leader in providing virtual care and remote patient monitoring nationwide, AMC Health is well-positioned to build upon its recent successes and growth. AMC Health recently entered a major remote patient monitoring collaboration with GE Healthcare to provide patients with chronic and post-acute care in the home. In addition, AMC Health is a major provider of home telehealth technologies to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as well as to other prominent providers and caregivers. AMC Health leverages CareConsole, its FDA Class II cleared platform which supports patients with complex post-acute, chronic, and co-morbid conditions, like heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes, depression, hypertension/hypotension, asthma, at-risk maternity, weight loss management, and behavioral health. 

"James has built an impressive record of strategic and operational accomplishments over nearly two decades," said Nesim Bildirici, AMC Health's CEO. "James is a successful and trusted leader and brings a strong reputation for operational excellence."

"I am excited and honored to take on the role of Chief Operating Officer for AMC Health," said Mr. Considine. Zalmie Jacobs, Head of Private Equity at AMC Health investor York Capital and a member of AMC Health's board, added "AMC Health offers a market-leading solution to patients in need and is well positioned to transform the virtual care landscape. I look forward to AMC Health benefiting from Mr. Considine's experience driving operational excellence across organizations." 

About AMC Health: 

AMC Health's Virtual Care and Remote Patient Monitoring suite of solutions leverages a superior analytics platform and a simple and engaging user interface which integrates easily into clinical workflows. AMC Health's advanced, real-time, analytics-driven, virtual care solutions have driven outstanding and measurable outcomes to hundreds of thousands of patients across the healthcare continuum, including payers, provider systems and governmental agencies.

Its FDA Class II cleared, clinical decision support platform is combined with end-to-end, clinical and support RPM services that enable healthcare organizations to confidently extend their services beyond the four walls of hospital and ambulatory clinic settings. 

AMC Health's peer-reviewed, published studies highlight clinical improvements for conditions including heart failure, diabetes, and hypertension, resulting in reductions in hospital admissions and substantial financial returns on investment. 

For more information, visit www.amchealth.com.

HOUSTON, January 24, 2023 (Newswire.com) - As healthcare professionals continue to battle COVID, the flu, and other respiratory illnesses, hospitals nationwide are gaining on-demand access to therapeutic beds with the latest technology to help patients heal. US Med-Equip (USME) partnered with Turn Medical to help meet the extraordinary demand from hospitals turning to smarter options to save costs while providing the highest standard of patient care. 

The partnership accelerates hospitals' access to Turn Medical's Pronova-O₂ Automated Prone Therapy System, which enables a clinician to not only turn a patient into the prone (face-down) position and back into the supine position (on their backs) but also delivers bilateral continuous lateral rotation up to 65 degrees - all with the simple touch of a button. Research has shown that placing patients in pulmonary distress on their abdomens (prone) can help prevent complications from inflammation and fluid buildup in the lungs, poor oxygenation from the weight of the heart and abdominal organs, and pressure injuries on the skin from lying in one position too long, and ultimately result in quicker recovery and reduced mortality.

"It can take six to eight clinicians to physically place a patient in the prone position and just as many to return the patient to the supine position for CPR," Turn Medical CEO Tara Psencik said. "This labor-intensive process takes a toll on patients and clinicians alike, especially as more and more bedside clinicians having experience with the complex process of proning patients are leaving the healthcare practice altogether. Our nation is full of hospital systems reeling from staffing shortages and lack of bedside clinicians to care for the most critically ill patients, and this partnership with US Med-Equip, nationally recognized for supporting healthcare heroes, is a positive step forward. It brings together two customer- and patient-centric organizations offering innovative technology, logistical infrastructure, evidence-based solutions, and the resources necessary to increase the availability of automated prone therapy systems."

US Med-Equip partners with thousands of hospitals across the nation for the rental, sales, service and asset management of medical equipment—diagnostic and clinical devices ranging from ventilators to therapeutic patient beds. 

"As clinicians provide life-saving care, they count on the highest quality medical equipment to help their patients heal," US Med-Equip CEO Greg Salario said. "Our partnership with Turn Medical will offer hospitals greater access to specialized proning beds designed to help their patients heal without risking clinicians' bedside injuries."

ORLANDO, Fla., January 23, 2023 (Newswire.com) - The Assistance Fund, an independent charitable patient assistance organization that helps patients and families facing high medical out-of-pocket costs, today announced the launch of a new copay assistance program for people living with hepatocellular carcinoma. The program is designed to help eligible individuals pay for their out-of-pocket medical expenses related to hepatocellular carcinoma, such as copays, deductibles, and coinsurance.

People diagnosed with hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer, often experience abdominal discomfort, weight and appetite loss, and jaundice. Depending on the situation, some patients require chemotherapy, radiation, or targeted therapies.[1] Nearly 35,000 Americans are diagnosed with liver cancer every year.[2]

"Receiving a cancer diagnosis can be tremendously overwhelming for both patients and their families," said Gerald Lauria, Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy for The Assistance Fund. "I'm grateful to our generous donors for enabling us to open our new Hepatocellular Carcinoma Copay Assistance Program, which will alleviate patients' financial burden of accessing treatment."

To learn more or determine eligibility for financial support, visit tafcares.org or call (855) 228-9972 to speak with a Patient Advocate.

A list of all the disease programs available from The Assistance Fund can be found on the website tafcares.org.

About The Assistance Fund

The Assistance Fund (TAF) is an independent charitable patient assistance organization that helps patients and families facing high medical out-of-pocket costs by providing financial assistance for their copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and other health-related expenses. The Assistance Fund currently manages more than 80 disease programs, each of which covers all FDA-approved medications that treat a specific disease named in the disease program. Since its founding in 2009, TAF has helped more than 160,000 children and adults access the treatment they need to stay healthy or manage a life-threatening, chronic, or rare disease. To learn more about The Assistance Fund, or for information on how to donate, please visit tafcares.org. 

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[1] Mayo Clinic, "Hepatocellular Carcinoma," https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hepatocellular-carcinoma/cdc-20354552#, accessed January 2023.

[2] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Liver Cancer," https://www.cdc.gov/cancer/liver/index.htm, accessed January 2023.