FODAC Recognized as 2013 Healthcare Champion

January 13, 2014
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a non-profit organization providing more than $10 million annually in DME and supplies to the disabled community, was named a 2013 “Healthcare Champion” by the Fulton-DeKalb

Legislative Update – NCPA Praises Proposed CMS Policy Changes

January 13, 2014
Pharmacists Encouraged by Proposed Medicare Changes to 2015 Drug Plans WASHINGTON, DC – National Community Pharmacists Assocation (NCPA) CEO B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, was largely supportive of policy changes proposed by CMS for Medicare Part D

Can a DME Supplier Lease Space to a Non-Provider?

January 13, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry is a young industry. In its present form, it has been around since the 1970s. We grew up unregulated. CMS and Congress now appear to be “making up for lost time.” The industry is feeling the effect of a confl

No Rest for the Ambitious

January 13, 2014
LAS VEGAS – Necessity may be the mother of invention, but desperation is often the father. For Bob Rutan, desperation and necessity collided in the middle of the night when he literally cut cloth from his own T-shirt to fashion a CPAP mask liner fo

Vegas Consumer Electronics Show Bridges to Sleep World

January 13, 2014
LAS VEGAS – It should be no surprise that the “smart” revolution is hitting the world of sleep. As reported by BBC News, last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas rolled out more than a dozen sleep-related gadgets, including the

Stay Out of Legal Trouble in Dealings with Physicians


January 6, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – A physician is a referral source to the DME supplier. The physician refers patients who are covered by a government health care program, who are covered by commercial insurance, or desire to pay cash. If a supplier pays money to