I Am the HME Industry – Kathy Weber
October 28, 2013
CUMBERLAND, MD – Kathy Weber (shown here in the middle with staff members Erin on left and Christa on right) recently attended her 9th Medtrade in Orlando, Fla. The annual trek to the nation’s premiere HME trade show yielded new items to inco
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Respiratory/Sleep
Third Quarter Revenue Up at ResMed
October 28, 2013
SAN DIEGO – ResMed Inc posted third quarter revenue of $357.7 million, a 5% increase over the quarter ended September 30, 2012. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, net income was $80.9 million, an increase of 14% compared to the same peri
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Respiratory/Sleep
UCLA Researchers Say Results Could be Deadly for Women with Sleep Apnea
October 28, 2013
LOS ANGELES – Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the body’s autonomic responses that control blood pressure, heart rate, and sweating are weaker in people with obstructive sleep apnea, but even more diminishe
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General Healthcare
OIG Advisory Opinion – Assisting Hospitals in Preventing Readmissions
October 28, 2013
AMARILLO, TX – The OIG recently published an advisory opinion (“AO No. 13-10”) that addresses the assistance that other providers can provide to a hospital in order to prevent readmissions. Inasmuch as an increasing number of DME su
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General Healthcare
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