WASHINGTON, DC – Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) [pictured] and Ben Cardin (D-Md) have introduced the Medicare Competitive Bidding Improvement Act (MCBIA) of 2014—companion legislation to H.R. 4920. Much like the House bill introduced in June,

WASHINGTON, DC – While you might think that the so-called “lame duck” period after an election would live down to that uninspiring name, things couldn’t be moving faster on legislation to help fix the competitive bidding by discouraging l

CROYDON, PA – Bilt-Rite Mastex is a familiar exhibitor at Medtrade, but for Viki Shikhvarger (pictured right), new business development manager at the Pa-based soft goods manufacturer, this year’s Medtrade was a new experience. “My impression o

LAS VEGAS – More than 150 manufacturers and service providers have signed on for Medtrade Spring, the Las Vegas version of the nation’s premiere HME event, scheduled for March 30-April 1, 2015, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. “After

ENFIELD, NH – You can’t accuse officials at Enfield, New Hampshire-based Keene Medical Products of not pulling their weight. As dues-paying members of AAHomecare (back when it had a different name) since 1980, the Granite State company has ne

AMARILLO, TX – Competitive bidding rules provide that contract suppliers may subcontract with non-contract suppliers as long as the subcontractor has not been “excluded from the Medicare program, any State health program or any other governme