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Time to Push Agenda?

BARBOURSVILLE, W.V. – Regina Gillispie, RRT, agrees with some colleagues who want to emphasize HME’s role in fighting…

January 31 2021

How Hot is M&A?

ERIE, PA – From Phoenix to Cheboygan, reports of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are coming at a fast…

January 24 2021

COVID-19 PHE Extension Continues Relief Measures for HME Suppliers

WASHINGTON, DC – Earlier this month, outgoing HHS Secretary Alex Azar announced that the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration…

January 24 2021

New Congress, New Administration, New Relationships

SANDWICH, MA – This month saw the swearing in of the 117th Congress as well as a new…

January 24 2021

Utilizing Telehealth – Heeding the Shift

AMARILLO, TX – In the years leading up to the pandemic, health care delivery had been shifting towards…

January 24 2021

CMS Grants TennCare Flexibility in Serving Medicaid Beneficiaries

NASHVILLE – On January 8, the State of Tennessee announced that its “block grant” waiver request for TennCare…

January 17 2021

Valley Medical Supplies Acquired By Copper Star Medical

MESA, AZ – Phoenix-based Valley Medical Supplies has been acquired by Copper Star Home Medical Supplies (Mesa, Arizona).…

January 17 2021

FLSA, FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation: A Primer

AMARILLO, TX – These are strange times. I was hoping that 2021 would be calmer. Unfortunately, it has…

January 17 2021

New Guy at Big Sky

BILLINGS, MT – Eric Ecker, manager at St. Vincent Medical Supply and Mobility, Billings, Montana, never intended to…

January 17 2021

President’s Message: Oxygen Budget Neutrality Win a Culmination of Sustained Four-Year Advocacy Effort

WASHINGTON, DC – On Dec. 21, 2020, both the House and Senate passed a COVID-19 relief bill that…

January 10 2021