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Respiratory/Sleep
Time Magazine Declares Sleep the New Health Frontier
May 5, 2014
NEW YORK – Sleep docs and sleep lab directors can now say, “I told you so,” thanks to an April 2014 Time Magazine feature that boldly declares sleep as nothing less than the “New Health Frontier.” The 1,300-plus word article in the vene
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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
A United Front at AAHomecare Legislative Conference
May 5, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – There is a growing problem in our industry, and AAHomecare plans to tackle it head on. As I’m sure you can guess, this issue is the out-of-control audits.
We are attacking audit reform on both the legislative and regu
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Legislative/Advocacy
Medicare DME Spending Flatlines
May 5, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – The 2012 numbers from CMS are in, and Medicare spending on DME has remained steady at about $7 billion since 2000. According to an AAHomecare analysis of the 2012 CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts report, the opposite is
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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