MINNEAPOLIS AND DUBLIN – In a deal that reverberated from the land of 10,000 lakes to the emerald isle, Dublin-based Medtronic Inc acquired Covidien, Minneapolis, in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $93.22 per Covidien share, or a total of ap

ATLANTA – Registration for Medtrade opened last week, and providers are signing up for the nation’s premiere HME trade show, scheduled for Oct 20-23, 2014, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Early rates are considerably lower, and i

EXETER, PA – Late last week Reps Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and John Larsen (D-Conn) introduced HR 4920, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014. This long anticipated bipartisan legislation would remove one of the most egregio

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association for Homecare saw its advocacy rewarded last week when Reps Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and John Larson (D-Conn.) for introducing H.R. 4920, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014, a new

AMARILLO, TX – CMS requires Medicare health care providers and suppliers to provide Medicare beneficiaries with an Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN), Form CMS-R-131, if the provider thinks Medicare probably (or certainly) will not

WATERLOO, IOWA – The recently concluded Heartland Conference in Waterloo, Iowa, brought a healthy dose of wit, wisdom, and inspiration to the industry, with more than 900 people making their way to the hawkeye state last week. “While attendance w