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HomeCare staff Meg Herndon and Hannah Wolfson were joined by writers Kristin Easterling and Gail Short to tell these stories. Tamara Davie’s photo on page 32 was taken by Ursula Hope Photography.

  • Providers

    Golden Technologies Awarded VA Scooter Contract

    Old Forge, Pa. Golden Technologies has been awarded a one-year contract with the U.S. Veterans Administration, which will purchase small and full-sized, three-wheel scooters for VA medical centers nationwide. According to Golden, the contract award could increase production of the company’s Companion I and Companion II three-wheel scooters by up to 9,000 units per year, generating about $40 million in revenue over the next five years For breaking news, go to www.homecaremonday.com, the electronic news service of the home medical equipment industry.

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    Letters to the Editor

    Let the Rat Out of the Bag I am offended by [CMS Administrator Tom Scully’s] statement about pressuring the good guys to “rat” out the bad guys (“Q&A with Tom Scully,” HomeCare, October 2003). The good guys have been informing his office for months to years … about the situation in the Houston area. These complaints appear to have fallen on deaf ears until now. The squeeze they are putting on the good guys appears to be an attempt to reduce numbers in the Houston area instead of cleaning up the fraud and abuse. It really appears they do not want the real “rat” out of the bag. If they were “letting checks fly out the window,” with all the complaints from us and other...

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  • CMS/Medicare

    On the Web

    CMS Launches Home Health Compare Baltimore In November, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launched Home Health Compare, a database for beneficiaries featuring home health agency scores on 11 outcome measures, including, among others, dressing and bathing. CMS, which plans to update the database quarterly, compiled the data over a 12-month period ending in May of this year. For more, visit www.medicare.gov and click on “Home Health Compare.” KFF Posts Medicaid Information Washington The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit health care research organization, has developed an online database about Medicaid benefits in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and the U.S. territories. The database, available at www.kff.org, includes information about the benefits covered by each state and payment rules, and is searchable by...

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  • Providers

    Drive Medical to Acquire Dr. K International

    Port Washington, N.Y. Drive Medical has agreed to acquire Los Angeles manufacturer Dr. K International Trading Co. This acquisition represents the fourth over the past two years. The company’s President and CEO Harvey Diamond said the acquisition “will enhance our presence throughout the United States by providing greater distribution capabilities on the West Coast, and a complementary product line to our existing product offering.” Drive will continue to manufacture the existing product lines for both companies, including wheelchairs, hospital beds, bath safety products, ambulatory aids, respiratory equipment and electrotherapy products. Dr. K principals Ara Karamanoukian and Michael Serhan will join Drive’s executive management team. For breaking news, go to www.homecaremonday.com, the electronic news service of the home medical equipment industry.

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    Computers Unlimited Celebrates 25 Years

    Billings, Mont. Computers Unlimited is celebrating its twenty-fifth year of business. The HME software company employs 150 people and serves clients in 45 states as well as in Mexico, Canada and Puerto Rico. For breaking news, go to www.homecaremonday.com, the electronic news service of the home medical equipment industry.

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    MP TotalCare Acquires Medical Holdings

    Tampa, Fla. Diabetes and respiratory product supplier MP TotalCare has acquired Lawrenceville, Ga.-based Medical Holdings, a supplier of urological products, incontinence supplies, diabetes products and testing supplies, mobility devices and ostomy supplies. Vance Wall, president of Medical Holdings, which operates under the name DS Medical, will join MP TotalCare as executive vice president. For breaking news, go to www.homecaremonday.com, the electronic news service of the home medical equipment industry.

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  • HME Products

    Pediatrics

    Altimate Medical/Stander EasyStand Magician Comfy Seat Call 800/342-8968. Web site: www.easystand.com Circle 450 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Freedom Concepts/Climber Freedom Climber Call 800/661-9915. Web site: www.freedomconcepts.com Circle 449 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Invacare/Folding Tilt Wheelchair Spree XT Call 800/333-6900. Web site: www.invacare.com Circle 448 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. NK Medical Products/Youth Bed YB200 Youth Bed Call 800/274-2742. Web site: www.nkmedicalproducts.com Circle 447 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Permobil/Wheelchair Chairman KOALA Call 800/736-0925. Web site: www.permobil.com Circle 445 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Supracor/Cushion Stimulite Contoured Pediatric Cushion Call 800/787-7226. Web site: www.supracor.com Circle 446 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Sunrise Medical/Pediatric Walker Guardian Strider Call 800/333-4000. Web site: www.sunrisemedical.com Circle 444 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company...

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    Byram Healthcare Completes Ostomy, Diabetes Purchases

    Milford, Conn. Byram Healthcare Centers has acquired the disposable supplies patient bases of three HME providers in western Connecticut, western Pennsylvania and Maryland. These acquisitions include a mix of diabetes, ostomy and urological patients. A Byram spokesperson said two of the three acquired companies asked to remain anonymous. The third, NeighborCare Professionals Pharmacies, is located in Baltimore. For breaking news, go to www.homecaremonday.com, the electronic news service of the home medical equipment industry.

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    A Credit to the Profession

    As a nursing home administrator in the 1960s, Donald H. Adler realized that patients being discharged from his facility did not have appropriate home medical equipment. “I was loaning patients wheelchairs, commodes and walking aids … so I decided to address the need,” Adler explains. He founded Care Medical Equipment, Inc. in 1970 and, since then, has led the company to eight branch locations in Oregon and Washington State with more than 300 employees. But building a business is not the reason Adler was chosen as a recipient of HomeCare‘s HomeCaring Award for 2003. According to the panel of award judges, Adler has served his communities, patients, employees and the HME industry at large unselfishly for 33 years, as well as devoting countless personal hours,...

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