SILVER SPRING, MD – Steve Ackerman (pictured), CEO of Spectrum Medical, Silver Spring, Maryland, took over as chairman of the American Association for Homecare Board of Directors at the recent AAHomecare legislative conference. As an advocacy v

WASHINGTON, DC – The Congressional sign-on letter on HME priority issues “closed” last week with commitments from 153 members of the House of Representatives. Per the usual procedure with these sign-on letters, Hill staffers are now taking

TENNESSEE – HME provider Kevin Atkins penned an op-ed for The Jackson Sun earlier this month. Atkins is president of Home Medical Products Inc. Based in Tennessee, the company provides Tennesseans on Medicare with service and products through i

WASHINGTON, DC – With the publishing of the fee schedule by CMS, the HME industry is still awaiting the Department of Defense Health plans and timeline for implementing the Cures Act. AAHomecare recently sent a letter reminding the Department o

WASHINGTON, DC – Twenty-six national consumer advocacy associations joined under the ITEM Coalition collective letter to Congress, urging Members to sign-on and support the House-wide Congressional letter asking HHS Secretary Price and CMS Admi

WASHINGTON, DC – We’ve heard reports that 40 members of Congress have added their names to a House sign-on letter to HHS Secretary Price (pictured left with Tom Ryan, president and CEO of AAHomecare) and CMS Administrator Verma asking for lon