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General Healthcare
Medtrade Early Registration Ends on Sept 24 – Last Chance to Save Money
September 19, 2016
ATLANTA – Early registration for Medtrade, the nation’s premiere HME trade show, ends at midnight on Saturday, Sept 24. The show will once again be held in its familiar home at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, from Oct 31-Nov 3, 2016
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Legislative/Advocacy
People for Quality Care Hears the Voices of Patients
September 12, 2016
WATERLOO, IA – Every morning after I sit down and turn on my computer, I know it won’t be long before the phone starts ringing. This week it was Cindy, a senior in rural Illinois who didn’t know how she was going to pay for her CPAP supplie
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Legislative/Advocacy
New NCB Assessment Under Fire
September 12, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – A Sept 8 press release from CMS contends that the nationwide competitive bidding (NCB) program “is going smoothly with few inquiries or complaints and no negative beneficiary health outcomes.” The latest 1,200-word missive
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Rehab/Mobility
Caretail Opportunity – Mobility Designed Preps M+D Crutch for Debut at Medtrade
September 12, 2016
ATLANTA – Max Younger, designer of the M+D Crutch, grew up seeing his father use traditional crutches and says, “I always knew the old civil war era design needed to change, and I’ve been dreaming up ways to make it better for years.”
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General Healthcare
Real World Case – Telephone Solicitation
September 12, 2016
AMARILLO, TX – Two New Jersey-based diabetic medical equipment companies and their respective owners, who are brothers, have agreed to pay $12 million to settle allegations they used a fictitious entity to make unsolicited phone calls to Medica
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General Healthcare
FODAC Celebrating 30 Years, Plans to Accept Donations at Medtrade
September 12, 2016
ATLANTA – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) is supporting disaster relief efforts in Louisiana, working with its local contacts (particularly in Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes, two of the worst-hit areas) to contribute funding, e