Industry Unites with One Voice for Consumer Advocacy

May 30, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – Unifying the voices of consumer advocates nationwide, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and VGM Group Inc. recently announced merger plans for their respective consumer advocacy groups into a single, industry-w

Truckers Report Dramatic Improvement with CPAP

May 30, 2016
ARLINGTON, VA – The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) released results of its sleep apnea survey last week. The report highlights a number of issues related to truck driver screening and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA

A Conversation with AAHomecare Legislative Conference Attendee Gary Sheehan

May 30, 2016
SANDWICH, MA – Gary Sheehan, MBA, estimates that he has attended the AAHomecare Legislative Conference about a dozen times. As president and CEO of Cape Medical Supply, providing service in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Maine,

Buying Into Competitive Bidding

May 30, 2016
AMARILLO, TX – The Law dictates that patients cannot be sold. Patient files cannot be sold. Doing so will likely implicate the Medicare anti-kickback statute. On the other hand, a DME supplier can enter into a bona fide asset sale in which (A)

False Claims Act Penalties Will Increase

May 23, 2016
AMARILLO, TX – False Claims Act (“FCA”) penalties will greatly increase under a recently released federal regulation by the Railroad Retirement Board (“Board”), an obscure federal agency that occasionally generates FCA cases inv

Sleep-Related Medtrade Exhibitors Respond to Global Market Assessment

May 23, 2016
A recent report, Global Anti-Snoring & Sleep Apnea Devices Market Assessment & Forecast: 2016 – 2020, by SA-Business Research & Consulting Group, concluded that North America continues to lead the combined anti-snoring and sleep apnea m