WASHINGTON, DC – Unifying the voices of consumer advocates nationwide, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and VGM Group Inc. recently announced merger plans for their respective consumer advocacy groups into a single, industry-w

BOWLING GREEN, KY – With AAHomecare’s Legislative Conference set to begin in just two days, Medtrade Monday sat down with Thad F. Connally III, president of the Kentucky Medical Equipment Suppliers Association, and president/owner of First Choice

BOWLING GREEN, KY – After a 45-minute chat with Thad F. Connally III, the word that comes to mind is “Prial-esque” in that his passion harkens back to the enthusiasm of legendary HME advocate Shelly Prial.   Officials at AAHomecare no doub

WASHINGTON, DC – The stage is set for an intense round of grassroots and Capitol Hill lobbying in support of competitive bidding rural relief and bid ceiling fix legislation, and with a July 1 deadline looming for a new round of cuts, the time

SALISBURY, NC – Having just completed Re-Accreditation a little over a year ago, I received my Revalidation notification from CMS in late April. This involves going to a CMS-related website, which I distinguish from root canal by the availabili

WASHINGTON, DC – The long-awaited House competitive-bidding rural relief and bid-ceiling fix bill is expected to drop this week – a current working draft of the legislation can be found here; it is the House companion to S. 2736.   T