Medtrade Monday’s Best Quotes of 2014

December 29, 2014
FORT COLLINS, CO – The meat of any journalistic effort is the willingness of people to go on record and share their thoughts. Medtrade Monday cherishes all the wisdom freely (and unfreely) shared throughout 2014. The following is a collection o

A Time for Reflection

December 22, 2014
KNOXVILLE, TN – During the holidays it’s easy get swept away in the mounting activities, gifts to buy, and need to squeeze everything we can out of our businesses before the year end with short workweeks and distracted staff. We’re doin

AAHomecare in Action – Fight to Fix Bidding Program Continues

December 22, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Hundreds of meetings on Capitol Hill by AAHomecare members, thousands of emails and calls from HME advocates across the country to Congressional offices, a calendar filled with district-based meetings and site visits during rec

HME Voice Tackles Tough Questions and Medtrade Improvements

December 22, 2014
ATLANTA – Powered by Medtrade Radio and sponsored by Emerge Sales, HME Voice made its return last week with hosts Mike Sperduti and Kevin Gaffney, group show director, taking a look back at the year. What worked at Medtrade? What needs improvem

I Am the HME Industry – Colleen Reisdorf

December 22, 2014
BROOKLYN PARK, MN – Running an award-winning regional DME is not easy, but Colleen Reisdorf, clinical services manager at Reliable Medical Supply, Brooklyn Park, Minn, always manages to make time for advocacy. As a member of AAHomecare and the Midw

Lease and Sale Terms to Avoid Violation of Federal Anti-Fraud Laws

December 22, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – Under the federal anti-kickback statute, DME suppliers may not “knowingly and willfully offer or pay any remuneration…to any person to induce such person…to refer” business reimbursable by a federal health care pr