2004 HomeCaring Awards
The 2004 HomeCaring Awards were presented in October at Medtrade in Orlando, Fla. Front (l to r): Award recipients…
Category: Homecare
Wake Up to Drowsy Driving
Paula Patch
Byline: Paula Patch
Quick: What causes 1,550 traffic fatalities, 71,000 crash-related …
The Parable of the Mom & Pop
Byline: Paula Patch
If ever the home medical equipment industry needed a modern-day fable of how to s…
CMS Permits At-Home Oxygen Testing Device
Baltimore
CMS is allowing at-home oxygen testing using a specific product, a development…
GAO Recommends Clarification of Medicare Supplier Standards
Washington
Fraudulent DME suppliers should not be able to enter the Me…
Noteworthy
‘Homebound’ Demo to Launch in October
CMS will launch a two-year, three-state demonstration project Oct. 4 to clarify w…
Crapo Chairs COPD Caucus
Washington
Sen. Michael Crapo, R-Idaho, has announced formation of the Congressional COPD Caucus, which w…
CMS Moves in the Right Direction
Cara C. Bachenheimer
Byline: Cara C. Bachenheimer, Esq.
The Centers for Medicare and Medica…
CMS Introduces New Wheelchair Cushion Codes
Baltimore
Last month, CMS sent out a change-request transmittal to its contractors spe…
Building a Business Niche by Niche
Jack Palance had it right. In the 1991 comedy “City Slickers,” Palance slowly leaned over to Billy Cry…
