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General Healthcare
Home Infusion Community Mourns Loss of Lynn Giglione
May 5, 2014
ALEXANDRIA, VA – National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) past board chair Lynn Giglione, RN, BSN, passed away in late April. NHIA president and CEO Russ Bodoff issued the following note to NHIA members last week… It is with heavy hearts
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Legislative/Advocacy
AAHomecare Legislative Conference is Just One Week Away
April 28, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Association for Homecare’s (AAHomecare) Washington Legislative Conference is just a week away, and the Washington, DC-based organization has been working with its council leadership and legislative experts to introdu
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Respiratory/Sleep
NY Train Tragedy Spawns Mandatory Sleep Testing
April 28, 2014
NEW YORK – In the wake of last year’s Bronx commuter train derailment that killed four passengers, Metro-North officials have issued a directive that would require the 350 engineers who work for the railway to be evaluated in the coming month
Physicians/Chiropractors Selling O&P – What Stark Says
April 28, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – Orthotics and prosthetics (O&P) can be an important part of a DME supplier’s product mix. The DME supplier’s competitors are not only other DME suppliers, but can also be physicians and chiropractors. Within certain parameter
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General Healthcare
Revenue and Income Up at ResMed
April 28, 2014
SAN DIEGO – Revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, was $397.8 million, a 4% increase over the quarter ended March 31, 2013. Net income for the San Diego-based ResMed was $90 million, an increase of 6% compared to the quarter ended March 31,
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General Healthcare
Audits Affecting Pace of Mergers in 2014
April 28, 2014
TARPON SPRINGS, FL – Mergers and acquisition (M&A) veteran Rick Glass (pictured), president of Steven Richards & Associates, agrees that single-location bid winners have been acquiring companies in 2014, but “significant” mergers are do