YARMOUTH, ME – Applications for the 2014 HME Excellence Awards are being accepted now through June 6th. The annual awards showcase the best and...
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AAHomecare Makes Powerful Case
WASHINGTON, DC – While providers made their cases during hundreds of meetings on Capitol Hill, an audit champion emerged during AAHomecare’s...
Industry Shows Fight at AAHomecare Legislative Conference
WASHINGTON, DC - The 2014 AAHomecare Washington Legislative Conference proved there remains some fight in an industry that has seen more than its...
Establishing Common Ownership After CB Contract is Signed
AMARILLO, TX - A non-contract supplier can have its PTAN(s) added to a competitive bid contract after: 1) a contract supplier purchases 5% or more...
I Am the HME Industry – John Komuda
SYRACUSE, NY - After more than three decades in DME and complex rehab, John Komuda, ATP, remembers the good old days. But these days, the founder of...
Companies that Help Providers Get Paid Buying Space at Medtrade
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Six months before Medtrade, scheduled for Oct 20-23, 2014, in Atlanta, the themes of efficient operations and smoother billing...
Time Magazine Declares Sleep the New Health Frontier
NEW YORK - Sleep docs and sleep lab directors can now say, “I told you so,” thanks to an April 2014 Time Magazine feature that boldly declares sleep...
Home Infusion Community Mourns Loss of Lynn Giglione
ALEXANDRIA, VA - National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) past board chair Lynn Giglione, RN, BSN, passed away in late April. NHIA president and...
A United Front at AAHomecare Legislative Conference
WASHINGTON, DC - There is a growing problem in our industry, and AAHomecare plans to tackle it head on. As I’m sure you can guess, this issue is...
Medicare DME Spending Flatlines
WASHINGTON, DC – The 2012 numbers from CMS are in, and Medicare spending on DME has remained steady at about $7 billion since 2000. According to an...