The chief concern among many attendees at Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas comes as no surprise. “Getting paid and reimbursement cuts,” said Scot Silber, CEO of Green Valley Drugs Home Health and Physician Sales, Henderson, Nev. “Reimbursement cuts,” said Gary Salazar, rehab technology specialist at Mobility Giver Inc., Huntington Beach, Calif. But the coming 2005 cuts didn’t dampen buying activity at the industry trade show and conference, where approximately 7,000 HME providers, manufacturers and others associated with the home health care industry gathered March 16-18 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Exhibitors and attendees alike said the aisles were busier this year, and Medtrade producers reported a 13 percent increase in attendance from 2003 — a sign, according to some, of continued strong business in...