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  • HomeCaring Awards 2004

    Given in recognition of distinguished service to the home medical equipment industry, HomeCare magazine’s prestigious HomeCaring Awards honor those whose
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  • CPAPs & Bi-Levels

    Respironics/CPAP REMStar Plus Call 800/345-6443. Web site: www.respironics.com Circle 437 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. ResMed/Nasal Pillow System Mirage Swift Call 800/424-0737. Web site: www.resmed.com Circle 448 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. InnoMed Technologies/Nasal Interface Nasal-PAP Freestyle Call 800/200-9842. Web Site: www.innomedinc.com Circle 439 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Fisher & Paykel/CPAP and Humidifier HC210 Series Convertible Call 800/446-3908. Web Site: www.fphcare.com Circle 442 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Invacare Corp./CPAP Polaris EX with SoftX Call 800/333-6900. Web site: www.invacare.com Circle number 449 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Hans Rudolph Inc./Mask Interface VIP 76 Oro-Nasal 7600 Series Vmask Call 800/456-6695. Web site: www.rudolphkc.com Circle 443 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Sunrise Medical/Bi-Level CPAP System DeVillbiss 9055D RPM Call 800/333-4000….
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  • NOW SHOWING Facts & Figures

    Home medical equipment providers are literally on the edge of their seats this year. As the drama unfolds in Washington, and a captive provider audience
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  • CPAPs & Bi-Levels

    Respironics/CPAP REMStar Plus Call 800/345-6443. Web site: www.respironics.com Circle 437 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. ResMed/Nasal Pillow System Mirage Swift Call 800/424-0737. Web site: www.resmed.com Circle 448 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. InnoMed Technologies/Nasal Interface Nasal-PAP Freestyle Call 800/200-9842. Web Site: www.innomedinc.com Circle 439 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Fisher & Paykel/CPAP and Humidifier HC210 Series Convertible Call 800/446-3908. Web Site: www.fphcare.com Circle 442 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Invacare Corp./CPAP Polaris EX with SoftX Call 800/333-6900. Web site: www.invacare.com Circle number 449 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Hans Rudolph Inc./Mask Interface VIP 76 Oro-Nasal 7600 Series Vmask Call 800/456-6695. Web site: www.rudolphkc.com Circle 443 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Sunrise Medical/Bi-Level CPAP System DeVillbiss 9055D RPM Call 800/333-4000….
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  • Industry Calendar

    JULY 12-13 Virginia Association of Durable Medical Equipment Companies Annual Summer Conference and Trade ShowVirginia Beach, Va.804/285-4431www.vadmec.org
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  • AAHomecare Members Fight MMA’s Reimbursement Changes

    As Washington rushed to prepare for former president Ronald Reagan’s funeral, 200 industry stakeholders fanned out over Capitol Hill to drive the home care message. During the American Association for Homecare’s Legislative Conference, held June 7-9, HME providers and manufacturers skirted hastily erected security fencing and crowd-control rails to keep appointments with 165 members of Congress and their legislative aides. Chief topics of discussion with the federal representatives were the DME reimbursement cuts and revised pricing for inhalation drugs mandated under the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). In meetings with the legislative aides for Georgia Sens. Zell Miller and Saxby Chambliss, Dave Hunter of Air Products Healthcare laid out a case against the 2005 transition to an ASP (average sales price) plus-6-percent pricing system for Part…
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  • Hobson, Ford Call for Repeal of Reimbursement Cuts

    Washington Reps. David Hobson, R-Ohio, and Harold Ford Jr., D-Tenn., have introduced a bill to rescind the Medicare reimbursement cuts scheduled for January 2005. Set out in the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA), the cuts align pricing of five DME categories — including oxygen and wheelchairs — with rates based on Federal Employee Health Benefits Plans (FEHBP) median pricing, and an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on oxygen due out later this summer. After a lobbying day in June during the American Association for Homecare’s Legislative Conference, H.R. 4491 picked up nine co-sponsors, including Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mont., the Majority Whip; Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-N.Y.; Rep. Jeb Bradley, R-N.H.; Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn.; Rep. Virgil Goode, R-Va.; Rep. Steven LaTourette, R-Ohio; Rep. Jim Nussle, R-Iowa;…
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  • CMS Contracts Research Firm to Prep For DME Competitive Bidding

    Baltimore Last month, CMS announced it has awarded a contract to the North Carolina-based Research Triangle Institute (RTI) to help launch the massive DME competitive bidding program called for under the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). According to MMA, competitive bidding is slated to begin in 2007 in the nation’s top 10 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) and expand to the top 80 MSAs in 2009, after which the program could be implemented nationwide. The contractor is to assist CMS in developing options and recommendations “on effective strategies and designs” for implementing the national program, and will consult with CMS in preparing for this new payment methodology for DME. RTI helped CMS evaluate DME competitive bidding demonstration projects in Polk County, Fla., and San Antonio, Texas, between…
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  • VGM Heartland Attendees Tackle Industry Challenges

    More than 450 providers, 225 manufacturers and 50 speakers gathered in the heart of farm country June 1-4 to talk about doing more with less, increasing operational efficiencies and tackling Medicare reimbursement challenges. The VGM Group’s Heartland Conference in Waterloo, Iowa, included tracks focusing on HME, respiratory, rehab and technical training. On June 4, VGM hosted Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, who played a key role in hammering out a Medicare reform compromise last year. “Much to my consternation, there were changes to the durable medical equipment program,” Grassley told an audience at a fund-raiser luncheon. “The House was determined to implement immediate competitive bidding across the board for DME.” Although the Senate ultimately lost the fight to keep competitive…
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  • COPD Caucus Needs Our Support

    In a recent New York Times article, health writer Jane Brody wrote, “Perhaps the most frightening symptom one can experience is being unable to inhale enough air to perform even the simplest activities, like walking from the bedroom to the bathroom or even talking. But that is the ultimate fate of millions of Americans with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.” Added to the personal suffering are enormous health care and financial consequences of COPD, which are summarized in an American Association for Homecare white paper on the disease. The direct medical costs in the United States total $18 billion annually. Thankfully, Sen. Michael Crapo (R-Idaho) has launched the Congressional COPD Caucus to advocate policies that encourage prevention and detection of the disease. Co-chairs of the caucus…
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  • Power Mobility: A Clinician’s View

    The Restore Access to Mobility Partnership (RAMP), a coalition working to ensure that all beneficiaries with medical need have access to mobility products, has been working with clinicians and consumers across the country to achieve this objective. This month, I’d like to take backstage and let one clinician explain her perspective on the current Medicare coverage policy for power wheelchairs. Susan Taylor is a clinician at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, one of the nation’s leading providers of specialized therapy services. She has spent more than 20 years working with consumers with disabilities. How do power wheelchairs help your patients? As an occupational therapist, I have seen wonderful changes after powered mobility has provided someone with independent mobility. I have worked with individuals of all…
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  • New Power Wheelchair Guidance Expected by Year’s End

    Washington What are the thresholds clinicians use to determine who qualifies for power mobility equipment and who doesn’t? That question was the subject of a special CMS Open Door Forum held in mid-June as part of the agency’s new three-pronged approach — including coverage, standards and coding — to restructuring Medicare’s power wheelchair benefit. At the forum, CMS introduced the Interagency Wheelchair Work Group, which, over the coming months, will create a framework for clinical coverage policy for power wheelchairs. The government group is made up of clinical experts from across the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National Institutes of Health, along with physicians and physical and occupational therapists from the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Education. Sean Tunis, CMS’…
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