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

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

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

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.”

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

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