If You Know You’re Going to Medtrade, Don’t Put Off Registration

June 22, 2015
ATLANTA – If you saw the top story in this week’s Medtrade monday, you know that early registration for Medtrade, the Fall edition of the nation’s premiere HME trade show, opens today (Monday, June 22). We are happy to once again be

AAHomecare in Action – CMS Paid $1.3 Billion to Settle Hospital Claims

June 22, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – In a settlement agreement with 1,900 hospitals, CMS paid $1.3 billion to settle about 300,000 hospital claims stuck in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA). The settle

I Am the HME Industry – Aaron M. Durst

June 22, 2015
RAWLINS, WY – Aaron M. Durst took over the 3,000-sq-ft Professional Oxygen Supply Inc, Rawlins, Wyoming, with a promise to “take my dream and do the best I can with it.” He will likely take on a part-time employee in the near future, but for no

Invacare’s Mixon Set to Retire Next Week

June 22, 2015
ELYRIA, OHIO – Medtrade exhibitor Invacare Corp announced last week that company founder A. Malachi Mixon, III, 75, will retire from the Board of Directors, effective June 30, 2015. “After much consideration, I have made the decision to r

Shelly Prial Prepares for His Final Medtrade – Part 1

June 15, 2015
ATLANTA – Sheldon (Shelly) Prial has been to all but one Medtrade, and the 88-year-old HME legend has decided to make this year’s show his last. As Medtrade Ambassador for many years, Prial and his wife Thelma have come to represent the sense of

Exclusion of Individual – A Primer

June 15, 2015
AMARILLO, TX – If a person is convicted of a crime, then he is likely to be excluded from participating in Federal health care programs. If a person is a target of a civil investigation brought by the Department of Justice/Office of Inspector G