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Home Access

Rising to the Occasion

How to assess a patient’s home prior to VPL installation.

Mergers & Acquisitions: Selling

Managing Great Expectations

How to approach selling a provider business.

CPMs

Getting Your Foot in the Door

How to integrate CPMs into your range of services.

Software Audit Tools

The Right Tool for the Job

How to leverage HME software to respond to audits.

Support Surface

Keeping Careful Watch

How to monitor wound care patients’ response to their support surface.

Software Automation

Keeping in Constant Contact

How to use software to automate patient interactions.

Compression

Ensuing Patients Get a Good Fit

How to help older patients comply with compression therapy.

Providers Gear Up for Heartland Show

More than 1,000 industry stakeholders expected to attend 11th annual event.

Mo. Providers Meet with CMS’s Blum

Medicare director fields various questions from HMEs, others in meeting at hospital.

Braun Corp. Sees New Ownership Structure

New investors are Bruno CEO and ontime Indycar racer.



Separate Rehab Benefit Webinar Available

Recorded NCART presentation covers legislation, and worked necessary to secure its passage.

HQAA Debuts Third-Party Billing Accreditation

New program helps billing companies establish compliance procedures that reassure HMEs.

CMS Slates Next Open Door

July 11 session starts at 2 p.m. Eastern; will be conference call only.

Editor's Note

Enough Is Enough

Two years have demonstrated that the madness of audits needs to stop.

HMEB Survey: Sleep Providers Grow by 8.9%

Respondents expect their sleep revenue to grow by 7.5 percent in the next 12 months.

NEMED Awards VGM’s Higley

Competitive bidding expert recognized for helping providers understand NCB.

Video

PFQC Releases Bidding Awareness Video

 ‘Trouble at the Medicare Garage’ uses auto repair scenario to demonstrate NCB’s impact on patients.

Roster of Shuttered Providers Spirals

VGM, NAIMES figures put tally at more than 320 providers closed due to Medicare funding cuts.

Video: Bidding Hearing Testimony Now Online

Watch full-length video of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee hearing on competitive bidding.

QS/1 Announces Promotions, Organizational Changes

HME software maker QS/1 recently made a number of promotions and organizational changes.

AAHomecare Testifies Against Excise Tax

Wilson tells IRS hearing HME should fall under regulatory safe harbor.

NY Times Opinion Piece Critiques NCB

Boston physician highlights competitive bidding's threat to quality care in guest column.

IAMES Honors Doubek with Lifetime Achievement Award

llinois Association presents Dorothy Doubek of Doubek Medical Supply with first-time honor.

Drive Rolls Out Ecommerce Program

Service offers various online tools to help providers market, sell via the web.

Brightree CEO, Champion Golfer Host Charity Golf Event

Brightree'sCormack, Colin Montgomerie organized golf tournament, banquet to benefit families of cancer patients.

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