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Best Opportunity for Industry Relief is in Early 2014
January 27, 2014
EXETER, PA – As Congress begins to focus on its next must-pass piece of legislation to avert a 24% cut in physician Medicare payments on April 1, the primary industry focus has been on the need to contact Representatives and Senators to advocat
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Legislative Update – Audit Practices and HR 1717
January 27, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Two more legislators believe that community pharmacies should be subject to the same three-year audit review period as hospitals and not forced to document 10-year-old claims. Reps Doug Collins (R-G) and Martha Roby (R-Ala) eac
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AAHomecare Membership Drive in Full Swing
January 20, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – With so many renewals cropping up in January, officials at the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) are calling many familiar faces, while also making time to contact providers who have never been members. The latest
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Success is Predictable for the Local Independent HME Provider
January 20, 2014
GRAND PRAIRIE, TX – The tsunami of change in the HME industry is nothing less than unnerving. On the bright side, these same changes that keep us up at night will soon swing in our favor. Many bureaucrats and delegates in Washington recogn
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AAHomecare is Better than Ever, and it’s Time to Join
January 13, 2014
BIRMINGHAM, AL – In the mid 1970s, common sense dictated that we form an organization that could pool resources and send the most effective spokesmen among us, rather than fighting various battles individually. We created the still active Alabama D
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Veteran’s Voice – A Monthly Conversation with Medtrade Ambassador Shelly Prial
January 13, 2014
VIERA, FL – As a pharmacist for many decades, industry veteran Shelly Prial plied his trade, all the while making time for advocacy on behalf of his industry. Now retired from the pharmacy/HME business, Prial (shown here at last year’s Medtrade)