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CMS Finally Updates Bid Site

After longer than 3 months, CMS has updated dmecompetitivebid.com.

Home Health Receives PECOS Delay, but not HMEs

AAHomcare revives coalition to push for similar delay.

VGM Names New Education President

VGM Names New Education President

JAMES Elects New Board Members

JAMES Elects New Board Members

Still No New Info on Bidding Winners

CMS Open Door Forum call sheds no light on which companies have contracts.

Press Coverage of Experts’ NCB Letter Continues

Two Calif. papers run stories regarding competitive bidding flaws.

Experts’ Critique of NCB Gaining Attention

Lawmakers, news media take notice of letter listing competitive bidding’s numerous flaws.

Mark Junge Rides Again

Invacare sponsors COPD patient on another long-distance cycling trek to spread awareness of the disease.

Editor's Note:

Something’s Rotten

Is CMS overloading HMEs for an NCB win?

HME Software Systems

Products & Technology

Tying it All Together

HME software systems and services provide not only a safety net that ties various HME business operations together, but also offers a strategic advantage. Our annual software series reviews a variety of key features that help providers keep their businesses running, as well as take them to the next level.



Problem Solvers

Bariatric Baths: An Eye On Design

Q6 Edge

Product Premiere

A Chair for All Seasons

Observation Deck

HME Patriots Arise!

Diabetic Footcare

Business Solutions

Diabetic Foot Care: Stepping Forward

With the risk of ulcers resulting in amputation a very real concern for diabetic patients, HME providers are in a unique position to help them, especially as the physician community moves adopts a preventative care mindset. What opportunities lie ahead and how do providers equip themselves to take advantage of them?

Economists, other Experts: NCB Doesn’t Work

166 bidding and auction program experts catalog flaws in CMS’s competitive bidding program in letter to Rep. Stark.

A Chair for All Seasons

The Q6 Edge aims to address a wide range of Group 3 mobility patients with a versatile, yet small power base.

VirtuOx, Watermark Medical Form Sleep Testing Alliance

New device could make home diagnosis cheaper, more viable.

CMS Proposes New Anti-Fraud Measures

New rules aim to implement some of Affordable Care Act’s more significant provisions.

CMS Not Reporting Actions Against Providers

Agency’s internal halt to reporting to HIPDB undercuts intra-agency efforts to fight Medicare fraud.

AAHomecare Seeks to Set Fraud Record Straight

Association’s statement at House subcommittee on fraud reiterates 13-point anti-fraud plan, busts CMS ‘myths.’

Next Open Door Forum Oct. 14

Meeting will be via conference call only.

House Hearing Sheds Light on NCB Flaws

Lawmakers at Health Subcommittee hearing hit government witnesses with hard questions.

House Committee Slates NCB Hearing

House Energy and Commerce Committee’s health subcommittee will hold a Sept. 15 hearing on competitive bidding.

Rural Areas Outside Round 1, 2 Still Affected by NCB

Competitive bidding will directly and significantly affect rural areas, according to economist

CEDI to Shut Down Free Network Access

Costs to increase for medicare claim submissions.

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