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Providers Testify at Small Business Administration Hearing
June 30, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, a group of advocates (pictured) testified before the Small Business Administration (SBA) on the impacts of the Medicare competitive bidding program on the HME industry. Along with eight other speakers, Tom Ryan, presiden
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Big Bill, Crucial Time
June 23, 2014
EXETER, PA – Late last week Reps Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and John Larsen (D-Conn) introduced HR 4920, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014. This long anticipated bipartisan legislation would remove one of the most egregio
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New Bill Deemed “Big Step in the Right Direction”
June 23, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association for Homecare saw its advocacy rewarded last week when Reps Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and John Larson (D-Conn.) for introducing H.R. 4920, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014, a new
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AAHomecare Talks Competitive Bidding with CMS
June 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of its continuing collaboration with CMS, AAHomecare staff met with CMS officials on June 4 to review in detail the comments submitted in response to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for the expans
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Register Early for Medtrade to Cement Your Spot
June 16, 2014
ATLANTA – The registration links are set in cyber stone, and nearly all of the exhibitor space has been spoken for. And yet, the most important ingredients—attendees—will be steadily added starting today. HME providers and related professionals
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FODAC Receives Record Donation
June 16, 2014
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a non-profit organization providing over $10 million annually in DME and supplies to the disabled community, received a donation of more than $83,000 in HME from two Atlanta