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The Waste-Land
I recently ran into a case of Medicare waste. No, not the kind we read about in OIG reports or DOJ actions. The kind of waste I saw is much more insidious, and it's built into our health care system.
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Gail Walker
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Caught in the Storm
Lincare CFO Paul Gabos doesn't think much of CMS' handling of competitive bidding. -
Mood Swings at Medtrade Spring
When Chris Kinard asked Medtrade Spring attendees to describe the HME industry's current condition in one word, some of the responses he got were "catastrophe," "chaos," "uncertainty," "change" and "craziness." -
Hello, Medicare?
Have you tried to call the 1-800-Medicare line lately? VGM's John Gallagher has, and he didn't get very far. In fact, he said of several attempts to register a complaint, calling in is a frustrating and time-consuming dead end. -
Dealing with Bidzilla
As a kid, my son's favorite movie was one of the hokiest Japanese sci-fi monster flicks ever. I can't count the number of times that on family movie night, -
H.R. 1041 Rocks the House
More than 250 HME providers and other advocates called on members of Congress to cosponsor H.R. 1041 during the American Association for Homecare's Legislative -
Don’t Knock The Mock
As this issue went to press, economist Peter Cramton had invited home medical equipment stakeholders to an industry shindig of sorts — a Medicare conference that has as its centerpiece a mock HME auction. -
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Audits Run Amok
Yep. "Amok" is exactly the word AAHomecare used to describe the growing onslaught of Medicare audits. -
Howdy, Podna!
I met Elaine Levin years ago at Medtrade. She was working on a concept for a walker, she said, one that didn't look or act anything like traditional walkers on the market.