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April 2008
So You Want to Subcontract?
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
BY NEIL B. CAESAR
When CMS published its rules for competitive bidding, the possibility that one supplier could subcontract its services to another supplier in order to...
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Miami Hustle
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
Gail Walker
gwalker@homecaremag.com
I love Miami. My husband's family is from that special city so we spend a lot of time there, and I've come to enjoy its sizzle. The food, the beaches,...
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Notable & Quote
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Who says building relationships with legislators doesn't work? Check out these remarks from HME champion Sen. Pat Roberts, speaking at the American Association...
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Need a Ride?
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Erin Greer
When it comes to building a business, you can't just give your goods away. Or can you? In Tampa, Fla., employees at Ride-Away, the Londonderry, N.H.-based...
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Uplifting Market
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Rebecca Grilliot
With an aging population opting for home care over hospital and nursing home care, the demand for lifts and transfer devices will continue to rise, experts...
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ADLs/Ambulatory Aids
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
American Bantex/Rollator Patrol Companion both a wheeled walker and companion wheelchair 8-inch casters for easy pushing; large basket; high-strength...
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Trends
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
As the number of aging citizens in the U.S. continues to increase, ADLs will be increasingly in demand as people look for these products to help make...
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A Bidding Train Wreck
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Tyler J. Wilson
The home care community has been advocating a suspension in round one of bidding, armed with critical economic studies, projections of thousands of lost...
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The American Way Not
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Cara C. Bachenheimer, Esq.
On March 21, CMS and its Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor notified bidders of whether they would be offered a contract to provide items in...
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Growing Sales
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Wallace Weeks
The most common methods of growing sales include adding salespeople and removing non-sales activity; increasing the effectiveness of the sales team with...
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A Team Effort
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Louis Feuer, MA, MSW
Every salesperson needs a partner. In many small companies, however, there is only one salesperson, leaving the representative few people with whom to...
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Deadlines, Schmedlines!
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Mary Ellen Conway, RN, BSN
In each of the past few months, we have received new deadlines and updates from CMS about accreditation and competitive bidding. Now that we have the...
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HME Products
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
ActivaTek/Drug Delivery Controller ActivaDose two controls operate dose, current time calculations performed automatically and recalculated if dose and...
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Accreditation Evolution
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
30 years ago HME providers gearing up to attend the first annual National Affiliation of Durable Medical Equipment Companies (NADMEC) convention got a...
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Industry: Round One Rates Add Up to Trouble
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
ATLANTA The fees are in, but the jury's still out when it comes to the impact competitive bidding will have on the home medical equipment industry, according...
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HME Headlines
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Check the HomeCare Monday archives atwww.homecaremonday.comfor these and other industry headlines: HME Organizations Say Negotiations First, Legal Action...
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Working Down Denials with Sarah Hanna
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
EO601 Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Device This month we had a close race for the top spot in our DME MAC denial comparison. National Government...
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Medtrade Spring
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM
Legislative, Regulatory Info to Highlight This Year's Show Between the make or break pressures of competitive bidding, the frantic race for accreditation...
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Making Accreditation Work for You
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Christopher Calderone, MA, MBA, AND KEVIN MAY, MA, LRT, RRT
CMS recently announced that providers must be accredited or have applied for accreditation by May 14, 2008, in order to submit a bid for the second round...
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The Rest of the Story
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By J. David McCausland
On Jan. 8, Dave McCausland got mad. I was listening to the CMS teleconference announcing the expansion of competitive bidding. When I heard [CMS Acting...
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On Your Mark, Get Set Are You Going to Go?
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Denise H. McClinton
How long did it take Noah to build the ark? Although biblical scholars say there is no definitive answer, most people believe it took around 100 years....
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A Crowning Effort
Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM,
By Denise H. McClinton
Kristen McCosh is energetic, talented and well-accomplished. McCosh is a novelist she is writing a series of books featuring women with disabilities as...
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