AAHomecare Talks Competitive Bidding with CMS

June 16, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – As part of its continuing collaboration with CMS, AAHomecare staff met with CMS officials on June 4 to review in detail the comments submitted in response to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for the expans

Register Early for Medtrade to Cement Your Spot

June 16, 2014
ATLANTA – The registration links are set in cyber stone, and nearly all of the exhibitor space has been spoken for. And yet, the most important ingredients—attendees—will be steadily added starting today. HME providers and related professionals

FODAC Receives Record Donation

June 16, 2014
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a non-profit organization providing over $10 million annually in DME and supplies to the disabled community, received a donation of more than $83,000 in HME from two Atlanta

Primed for Retail Renaissance

June 9, 2014
ORLANDO, FL – The so-called “retail movement” has always been a part of the HME world, but the urgency is higher due to endless price pressures on Medicare via the competitive bidding program. Essential Medical Supply (Booth #1355) has show

Use of Telemedicine in Cash Sales Across State Lines

June 9, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry, in its present form, has been around since the 1970s. For the first 25 to 30 years of its existence, the industry was relatively unregulated and was relatively simple. A DME supplier would easily and quickly obt

Philips Respironics Preps for Medtrade After Splash at SLEEP

June 9, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS – A new study presented at SLEEP 2014 by Philips Respironics (Booth #1711 at Medtrade, scheduled for Oct 20-23, 2014) concluded that patients using the SleepMapper mobile app and web-based ­solution achieved a 22% higher po