Medtrade Registration in Full Swing

June 23, 2014
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

Big Bill, Crucial Time

June 23, 2014
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

New Bill Deemed “Big Step in the Right Direction”

June 23, 2014
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

Medtrade Brings Together Products that Medicare Should Want

June 16, 2014
ATLANTA – Today is the first day that HME providers can register for Medtrade at considerable savings. As it turns out, the products on display at the nation’s premiere HME trade show can also save Medicare money. A study about Medicare investmen

ABNs – Proper Use and Pitfalls to Avoid – Part 1 of 3

June 16, 2014
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

Wit, Wisdom, and Inspiration at the Heartland Conference

June 16, 2014
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