ATLANTA – At the recently concluded Medtrade 2015, The Providers Choice Bronze Award, sponsored by HomeCare magazine, went to College Canes (www.collegecanes.com), American-made and collegiate-licensed walking canes. College Canes is a division

AMARILLO, TX – It is not uncommon for a DME supplier to accumulate a large database of patients that it has sold products to in the past. This database of patients (“patient list”) will likely include Medicare patients, Medicaid patients, a

WASHINGTON, DC – It was a hot topic at last month’s Medtrade, and now legislation to lessen the impact of CMS’ plans to apply bidding-derived pricing outside of competitive bidding areas (starting Jan 1, 2016) has been introduced in the

WASHINGTON, DC – The campaign to lessen the impact of CMS’ plan to expand competitive bidding-derived pricing to areas outside bidding areas got a major boost with last week’s introduction of S. 2312, legislation that recognizes the unique

WASHINGTON, DC – In June, CMS announced its intention to make changes to the HCPCS codes for ventilators, including dramatically lowering the payment rate – by 35% – for these devices/therapies, starting on Jan 1, 2016. 
 Despite the


ATLANTA – Judges and Medtrade attendees cast their votes for the top three products in the biannual Innovative HME Retail Product Awards (sponsored by HomeCare magazine), with Pride Mobility taking first place for its Go Go Folding Scooter. 
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