We want to thank everyone who came by and spoke with us at the ATA 19 Conference in New Orleans! If you were unable to attend or didn't have a chance to check out our booth, we’d like to share a little about who we are. ForaCare Inc. designs and manufactures medical devices in order to provide a complete chronic disease management solution for diabetes, hypertension, COPD and [...]
Children are flooded with a great number of options when it comes to being active, yet very few manage to hit 60 minutes of moderate or vigorous physical activity every day. That could be part of the reason one in three children are considered overweight or obese. And as childhood obesity rises, type 2 diabetes in children also grows in prevalence because increased body weight promotes insulin resistance. [...]
ForaCare Inc., is traveling to Burbank tomorrow, April 18, for the California Association of Health Plans Seminar, where the team will be presenting its innovative FORA® devices along with two studies that show improved outcomes with the use of these devices. ForaCare designs and manufactures a variety of devices including: blood glucometers, blood pressure meters and cuffs, pulse oximeters, thermometers and weight scales. After using ForaCare’s 2-in-1 blood [...]
ForaCare Inc., along with Health Monitoring Optimum Services (HMOS LLC), Cano Health and MD Flow Systems, collaborated to evaluate the impact of telehealth and home visits on readmission rates for COPD patients. The results of the TEACH (Telehealth After COPD Hospitalization) study showed just one patient of 20 was readmitted within 30 days of hospital discharge after taking advantage of telehealth and home visits. The national average readmission [...]
Congratulations Nicole S. for winning our 6 Connect! Thank you to everyone who entered. Please continue to follow ForaCare on our website and social media for future giveaways! *** Enter ForaCare’s giveaway for your chance to win a FORA® 6 Connect Blood Glucose & Ketone Pro Testing Kit. This multi-functional monitoring device is perfect for the keto dieter or diabetic since it measures both blood glucose and blood [...]
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a technical correction in March after too much confusion surrounded reimbursement code 99457, one of the three remote patient monitoring codes new to the 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Rule. The correction clarified that reimbursement code 99457 may be billed as an “incident to” service, which expands its use beyond the physician alone. Now qualified medical professionals, under direct supervision, [...]
Whether you are on the keto diet or have diabetes, monitoring your ketone and glucose levels are important to understanding your health. Unfortunately, there are very few at-home solutions that allow you to monitor both with just one device. ForaCare, Inc. developed the FORA 6 Connect exactly for that purpose: it measures blood glucose and blood ketone in a convenient Bluetooth-enabled device. Top Ten Reviews recently reviewed the [...]
We’re always embracing the relationship between healthcare and technology, and since it’s National Public Health Week, we are joining in the larger conversation. What are some of the ways you’ve seen healthcare improve because of technology? For ForaCare, the number one benefit we see is better health outcomes through remote patient monitoring. This includes improved glucose and HbA1c levels in diabetics; fewer hospitalizations for patients with COPD, CHF [...]
An estimated 84.1 million Americans have prediabetes, a condition in which glucose levels are elevated but not enough to be diagnosed with diabetes. Are you at risk? The most common form of diabetes is type 2, which is caused by genes, ethnicity and age as well as lifestyle factors including physical inactivity, obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Although it is not possible to change your genetic [...]
ForaCare, Inc., an early provider of remote patient monitoring, will be demonstrating its complete telehealth system at the American Telemedicine Association 2019 Annual Conference and Expo in New Orleans. With more than 20 years of experience in the industry, ForaCare continues to provide an end-to-end solution for chronic disease management by designing, manufacturing and selling their devices—all of which connect to the FORA® 24/7 HealthView TeleHealth System for [...]
