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Medtrade Photo Album – Looking Back and Looking Forward
October 28, 2013
ORLANDO, FL – After another successful Medtrade, organizers immediately began to pour over the survey cards to search for ways to improve the nation’s largest HME Expo and Conference. According to Kevin Gaffney, group show director, lesso
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Legislative/Advocacy
A Decade After the Medicare Modernization Act
October 21, 2013
FORT COLLINS, CO – At my first Medtrade in October 2003, the dreaded Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003 had yet to be passed. Two months later, in December 2003, President Bush signed the legislation, proclaiming it to be “the greatest
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Legislative/Advocacy
Legislative Update – Shutdown, Default, and HR 1717
October 21, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The shutdown is over and a budget crisis has been averted thanks to an agreement to extend federal borrowing power. Within the prism of the industry, the battle to replace competitive bidding with the market pricing program con
People Behind the Prosperity
October 21, 2013
ORLANDO, FL – Only six exhibitors took home coveted booth/product awards at the recently concluded Medtrade. With so many top-notch companies in attendance, judges had a difficult time making their selections. What put these companies over the
Medtrade Edition of HME Voice Airs on Oct 24
October 21, 2013
ORLANDO, FL – Taped during the recent Medtrade show in the Sunshine state, the newest episode of HME Voice crackles with the immediacy of the nation’s premier HME trade show. Instead of the familiar “Third Thursday at Three” format, the n
Subcontracting Under Competitive Bidding
October 21, 2013
AMARILLO, TX – Competitive bidding is forcing a large number of HME suppliers to engage in subcontract arrangements. CMS announced the final rule for competitive bidding on April 10, 2007. In the final rule, CMS indicated that contract supplier