WASHINGTON, DC – Twenty-six national consumer advocacy associations joined under the ITEM Coalition collective letter to Congress, urging Members to sign-on and support the House-wide Congressional letter asking HHS Secretary Price and CMS Admi

WASHINGTON, DC – We’ve heard reports that 40 members of Congress have added their names to a House sign-on letter to HHS Secretary Price (pictured left with Tom Ryan, president and CEO of AAHomecare) and CMS Administrator Verma asking for lon

AMARILLO, TX – In prior articles, I discussed Section 6402 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) and subsequent regulations that state that if a DME supplier suspects (or reasonably should suspect) that it should not have been paid for certain

LENEXA, KS – Mediware Information Systems Inc has finalized an agreement to acquire Kinnser Software Inc, a provider of software solutions for home health and hospice providers. The transaction, backed by TPG Capital, enables Mediware to expand

SCOTTSDALE, AZ – When Mark Nicotera purchased AZ MediQuip five and half years ago, the company’s revenue was 95% Medicare. By 2014, the 55-year-old Nicotera had morphed AZ MediQuip into a purely retail business with no Medicare. “I compared my

AMARILLO, TX – Most states require a DME supplier to have some type of license. This requirement is imposed on the supplier located within the state, as well as the out-of-state supplier shipping into the state. A few states (e.g., Tennessee, C