Making Our Case – Tracking a True Picture of Audit Activity

May 26, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – Between our work with Rep Renee Ellmers (R-NC) to introduce audit reform legislation, CMS officials being put on the spot at the House Ways & Means hearing last Tuesday, and the American Hospital Association suing HHS over

I Am the HME Industry – Brent Seward

May 19, 2014
MERIDIAN, ID – With a firm belief that “all politics is local,” Brent Seward started chipping away at local legislators in his home state of Idaho. That passion led to meetings with Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and a powerful editorial in the M

Quantum Rehab Acquires Stealth – Companies to Operate Independently

May 19, 2014
EXETER, PA – Quantum Rehab®, a Pride Mobility Products® company, has acquired Texas-based Stealth Products Inc, a maker of complex rehab technology components and accessories. Under the acquisition, Stealth Products, its managem

Telemedicine as Effective as Face to Face for CPAP Compliance?

May 19, 2014
BARCELONA, ES – In the United States and around the world, CPAP compliance is an ongoing problem. Researchers at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona (Unit of Biophysics and Bioengineering), Spain, wanted to know if a telemedicine a

How a Federal Prosecutor Thinks – Part 1 of 3

May 19, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry, in its present form, has been around for about 35 years. We are a young industry. The DME industry grew up unregulated. Hardly anybody on Capitol Hill, or in Baltimore, knew what the industry did. It is as if Co

The Case for State Associations

May 19, 2014
ATLANTA – Powered by Medtrade Radio and sponsored by Emerge Sales, season two (episode two) of HME Voice kicks off with wisdom from four state associations chiefs. If all (or most) politics is local, the state associations provide a crucial lin