Invacare Aims for Medtrade

May 26, 2014
ELYRIA, OHIO – Invacare will be back at Medtrade this year (Booth #2005), and officials from the Buckeye State mainstay promise “a number of new products” at the nation’s premiere HME trade show. Product managers are coy, but additional detai

How a Federal Prosecutor Thinks – Part 2 of 3

May 26, 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

Legislative Update – 34 Senators Urge Review Prior to CB Expansion

May 26, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators John Thune (R-South Dakota) [pictured], Robert Casey (D-Pennsylvania), and John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) led a bipartisan group of 34 Senators in sending a letter to CMS Administrator Marilyn Tavenner urging CMS to

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

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