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,
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General Healthcare
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
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Legislative/Advocacy
I Am the HME Industry – Thad F. Connally III
May 23, 2016
BOWLING GREEN, KY – After a 45-minute chat with Thad F. Connally III, the word that comes to mind is “Prial-esque” in that his passion harkens back to the enthusiasm of legendary HME advocate Shelly Prial. Officials at AAHomecare no doub
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Legislative/Advocacy
AAHomecare in Action – Critical Weeks Ahead for Rural Relief Legislation
May 23, 2016
WASHINGTON, DC – The stage is set for an intense round of grassroots and Capitol Hill lobbying in support of competitive bidding rural relief and bid ceiling fix legislation, and with a July 1 deadline looming for a new round of cuts, the time
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Respiratory/Sleep
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