Putting the Pieces Together

By Michael Fickes

It's no secret that many home medical equipment providers hope to sell their businesses soon. With competitive bidding looming large plus new rental caps...

Rock On

Gail Walker

In Washington last month for AAHomecare's Legislative Conference, I was struck by the cataclysmic divide between providers who are moving forward with...

Bracing for Increased Sales

By Patricia-Anne Tom

At first glance, the orthotics market might seem congested with competitors. Mass merchandisers, drug stores and home medical equipment providers all...

Small Town, Big Ideas

By Denise H. McClinton

Mexia is a small town of 6,000 that is typical in Central Texas, but it has achieved notoriety for being the hometown of Anna Nicole Smith. Unfortunately,...

Darius Goes West

When you meet Darius Weems, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, you quickly learn that the most important thing to remember about Darius is not his DMD...

What Are You Going to Do?

By Joan Cross

I recently sat in a hotel meeting room full of providers who were concerned about what is going to happen to their small businesses. At this meeting,...

An Open Letter to Congress

By Tyler Wilson

Earlier this year, the American Association for Homecare provided some specific recommendations to Congress for curbing fraud and abuse by criminals posing...

Raising the Noise Level

By Cara C. Bachenheimer, Esq.

As we move into mid-summer, the committees of jurisdiction on Capitol Hill are beginning the process of putting together their proposed legislative packages...

Paying Attention to Productivity

By Wallace Weeks

Productivity is a principle that has been gaining more attention in our industry during the last year or so. The reason is that managing productivity...

To Change or Not

By Louis Feuer, MA, MSW

Have competitive bidding, changes in reimbursement and required accreditation had you thinking, Can I handle any more changes? Good salespeople know all...

Second Fiddle

By Shelly Prial

I recently read an article entitled Second Fiddle. It referred to a comment by Leonard Bernstein, conductor of the NY Philharmonic. Maestro Bernstein...

New Products

Swede-O/Boot Pneumatic Walking Boot available with a rocker bottom or rounded sole; anatomically contoured uprights and air bladder for improved fit and...

Power Wheelchairs

Innovation In Motion X5 Frontier 21.5-inch turning radius designed to operate in sand, snow, mud and gravel mid-wheel drive; 28 inches wide; weighs 250...

CMS' Kuhn: We're Thinking About Round Two Already

WASHINGTON Speaking at the American Association for Homecare's Legislative Conference last month, acting Deputy Administrator Herb Kuhn told the group...

Working Down Denials with Sarah Hanna

When denial code CO176 is accompanied by an M60 remark code, the Certificate of Medical Necessity is missing from the claim. If this is the case, attach...

On Capitol Hill

Friendly lawmakers gave AAHomecare Legislative Conference attendees strong rallying calls before their lobbying visits to the Hill. It's important to...

For the Whole Story

Check the HomeCare Monday archives at www.homecaremonday.com for these and other industry headlines: Early Bidders Run into System Stumbling Blocks CMS...

Heard at Heartland

As at other recent industry gatherings, competitive bidding and accreditation proved to be the top-of-mind issues at The VGM Group's Heartland Conference,...

Lawsuit Filed to Foil Competitive Bidding

DALLAS In a move to halt competitive bidding, a lawsuit filed last month on behalf of three Medicare beneficiaries and three small HME companies asks...

Notable & Quotable

This is a critical time for us in home care. We need to convince Congress to make some changes to the Medicare competitive bidding program. We need to...