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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)
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FODAC Recognized as 2013 Healthcare Champion
January 13, 2014
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a non-profit organization providing more than $10 million annually in DME and supplies to the disabled community, was named a 2013 “Healthcare Champion” by the Fulton-DeKalb
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Legislative Update – NCPA Praises Proposed CMS Policy Changes
January 13, 2014
Pharmacists Encouraged by Proposed Medicare Changes to 2015 Drug Plans WASHINGTON, DC – National Community Pharmacists Assocation (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, was largely supportive of policy changes proposed by CMS for Medicare Part D