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Gail Walker
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Considering still-fresh reimbursement cuts, new mobility regs, reduced respiratory drug dispensing fees and Congress' unexpected, last-minute action involving
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Twice on Sunday
It's the wind-down of another eventful year for home medical equipment providers, and 2006 is looking like it definitely won't be dull, either. At this -
2006 Forecast
French author Alphonse Karr said, The more things change, the more they remain the same. Well, in France maybe. But for home medical equipment providers -
Support Systems on the Hot List
In wound care, explains Dave McCausland, senior vice president of planning and government affairs for The Roho Group, support surfaces must address one -
I Hope This Isn’t My Final Answer
There may be no dumb questions, as the saying goes, but lately I've had to give some pretty dumb answers. The HomeCare staff regularly fields questions -
A Katrina Daydream
Just after Katrina hit, I heard a commentator say of New Orleans that before the week was over, there would be thousands of horror stories and thousands -
No Margin Revisited
I saw a television report a few weeks back about alternative fuels. Somebody bright has figured out that chicken fat can substitute for gasoline. The -
Something to Talk About
Have you ever played that party game The first person in a circle whispers a secret to his neighbor and asks him to pass it along. One by one, each person -
Beyond Numbers
At AAHomecare's Washington Leadership Conference last month, it was all about the numbers. In every Capitol Hill meeting, discussion centered on the value -
Save on Fuel Costs, Gas Up Business with CNG
Cliff Woolard, president of 24-year-old Home Med-Equip Co., Concord, Calif., says he is feeling a bit like the cat that ate the canary. With May gas prices


