WATERLOO, IA – VGM has released the schedule for its annual Heartland Conference, and one item in particular has piqued a lot of interest among HME stakeholders. The conference will include a panel discussion with CMS Competitive Bidding Acquis

WASHINGTON, DC – At a House Appropriations Committee hearing last week on the FY 2019 appropriations for the Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Director Mick Mulvaney confirmed that his Agency is working to release the HME-related IFR o

DULUTH, MN – I have been in the HME/DME industry, in some shape or form, since 1983. I started in this crazy business as a claims processor for Traveler’s Medicare. I was so excited to have a job where my pay was above the minimum wage. I mov

A Last look at the images from Medtrade Spring 2018. Attention now turns to Medtrade, the nation’s largest HME-focused event in the United States, scheduled for Oct 15-18, 2018, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Look for Early Ra

AMARILLO, TX – The Medicare anti-kickback statute (“AKS”) prohibits anyone from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering, or paying remuneration to another person in exchange for referring or arranging for the referral of ite

LAS VEGAS – Medtrade Spring 2018 attendees voted on their favorite new products in the long-running New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Magazine. The third place (Bronze Award) went to a new product developed by a