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AAHomecare in Action – Tennessee Association Gets Response on F2F and More
September 1, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The question of retroactive application of face-to-face requirements had been unanswered—until now. Undeterred by the lack of response, ATHOMES turned to its Tennessee delegation for assistance. “When ATHOMES went to Washington
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The Industry Will Grow, But it Will Look Different
September 1, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – Change is traumatic. This is true regardless of whether the change is positive or negative. Getting married is traumatic; so is getting a divorce. Starting a new job is traumatic; so is getting fired. Anything that takes us out o
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MED Group Fly-In Coming Soon
August 25, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – We’ve had great reports from HME providers who are making the effort to get face-to-face meetings with members of Congress and their staffers at home during the August recess period. I’m confident that these activities will
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Competitive Bidding Under Fire
August 18, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – HR 4920, the new bill introduced by Reps Tiberi and Larson, is gaining traction on Capitol Hill partly due to new stories that demonstrate the impact of competitive bidding on real people. WBZ Boston published an article about
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Medtrade Starts in Just Two Months
August 18, 2014
ATLANTA – Medtrade kicks off in exactly 62 days, but preparations for the nation’s premiere HME trade show have been going on for a long time. Scheduled for Oct 20-23 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Medtrade is the culminatio
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Patient’s Rights vs the In-Home Rule
August 11, 2014
BAYONNE, NJ – Sometime in the recent past, CMS had made a determination that it would only provide physically disabled beneficiaries with sufficient ambulatory equipment to enable the performance of the so-called “MRADL” or the “Mobility