Various HME products, including: Accelerated Care Plus' electrotherapy Omnistim FX2 Portable; BV Medical's portable compressor/nebulizer AG-EDGE; and more.

Congress may be in recess for the July 4th holiday, but HME providers cannot afford to take a vacation from lobbying their legislators

It's been a year of change for Sunrise Medical and more of the same likely lies ahead, according to the company's new president and CEO.

AAHomecare reported that the four DME MAC medical directors have declined to withdraw CMS' new repair policy, which took effect April 1.

House Democrats revealed a draft version of their health care reform bill, and while the massive proposal would cover nearly all Americans, it lacked two major components: a price tag and the means to pay for it.

A tentative timeline for competitive bidding shows Round One, scheduled to be rebid this year, will not be implemented until January 2011.

On what Congress needs to know We're not really fraudulent. We're not overpaid. We're a small percentage of the whole pie.

Washington HME stakeholders went to Washington earlier this month with a message.