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  • Leading the Charge

    “Here in Washington, we encourage everyone to speak with one voice by ensuring all of our efforts are focused on one message,” according to Kay Cox, president of the Alexandria, Va.-based American Association for Homecare. And, she says, she intends for that home care message to be heard. Immediately after stepping into her new role on June 1, Cox was faced with leading the charge against proposed Medicare reform measures — competitive bidding, copayment of the home health benefit — that she labels as “very harmful to home care patients and providers.” Though at press time the legislation was stalled in conference committee, the association continues to press the home care cause with a concerted national lobbying effort and a companion grassroots campaign. Cox has…
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  • Provider Scanning Events Promote Custom Breast Prosthetic

    As founder of the Facial Restoration Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, ocularist L. Daniel Eaton works with patients who have been disfigured by disease or trauma. For these people, the lifelike facial prostheses Eaton creates — noses, eyes, eyelids with lashes, skin — often not only restore their appearance but also give back their self-esteem and strengthen their emotional health. One such patient, who was also a breast cancer survivor, asked Eaton why doctors couldn’t work the same way to craft a post-mastectomy prosthesis. Her question led to a decade of conversations and input from other survivors, and resulted in Eaton’s development of a lightweight custom breast prosthesis. “Our initial research started with survivors,” Eaton says, noting that ContourMed, the company…
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  • Rise & Shine with HomeCare

    Beginning the show each morning of Medtrade 2003, HomeCare magazine will sponsor an opening session designed to get your day going with a focus on the future. These information-packed daily seminars will spotlight legislative issues, business forecasting and strategies for professional achievement that will keep you informed, get you prepared and move you toward success in home health care’s changing landscape. First up on Thursday, Oct. 9, the American Association for Homecare will present its “Washington Update,” where you will learn about the association’s fight against competitive bidding and other reimbursement-reducing legislation currently facing the industry. Never before has it been so important to understand how decisions in Washington can affect your company. Hear first-hand what issues are being discussed, what they mean for you,…
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  • Take Your Seat

    Past the opportunity to see 250,000 home medical products and visit with 1,000 manufacturers, distributors and service companies on the exhibit floor, Medtrade 2003 also offers an educational program encompassing specialty training events and a full conference schedule. More than 180 sessions will cover business and industry topics in 11 different tracks, including: accreditation; business operations/customer service; home health/clinical; information technology; legal/legislative; pharmacy; profesional motivation; re/habilitation and assistive technology; reimbursement; respiratory; and sales and marketing. So sharpen your pencils and take notes, because class is officially in session. Check for last-minute additions, special sessions and events or time changes so you won’t miss a thing! Thursday, October 9 [7:30 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.] Opening Session AAHomecare’s “Washington Update” [8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.] Benchmarking HME…
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  • Feds Crack Down on Power Wheelchair Fraud

    Washington and Baltimore On Sept. 9, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took drastic action to clean up billing fraud in the durable medical
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  • New Products

    PlainSense Wheelchairs/Wheelchair OiS — Orientation in Space Wheelchair Call 770/632-5782. Web site: www.plainsense-wheelchairs.com Circle 494 or visit www.homecaremonday.com for company information. Hatch Corporation/Wheelchair Gloves Shear Stop Push/Cycle Gloves Call 800/767-1343. Web site: www.hatch-corp.com Circle 499 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Columbia Medical/Bath Chair Contour Ultima Call 800/454-6612. Web site: www.columbiamedical.com Circle 497 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. James Consolidated/Mattress Replacement System Platinum I Call 800/884-3317. Web site: www.volkner.com Circle 492 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Three Rivers/Wheelchair Handrim Natural-Fit Call 480/833-1829. Web site: www.3rivers.com Circle 493 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Responsive Respiratory/Percussor Respond G5 Percussor Call 866/333-4030. Web site: www.respondo2.com Circle 500 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Respironics/Mask ComfortFull Full Face Mask Call 800/962-1266. Web site: www.respironics.com Circle 489…
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  • Rehab Products

    Sunrise Medical/Wheelchair IRIS — Intelligent Rotation in Space Call 800/333-4000. Web site: www.sunrisemedical.com Circle 446 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Altimate Medical/Standing System EasyStand 6000 Glider Call 800/342-8968. Web site: www.easystand.com Circle 450 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Ex N’ Flex/Therapy Equipment Ex N’ Flex Activity-Based Therapy Equipment Call 888/298-9922. Web site: www.exnflex.com Circle 448 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Quantum Rehab/Cantilever System TRU-Balance Call 800/800-8586. Web site: www.quantumrehab.com Circle 444 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Innovation in Motion/Wheelchair Frontier Call 800/327-0681. Web site: www.vestil.com/wc Circle 447 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. TiLite/Wheelchair ZRA Call 800/545-2266. Web site: www.tilite.com Circle 440 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Bio-Medical Devices/Cryotherapy Products Iceberg Call 800/443-3842. Web site: www.bio-bmdi.com Circle 441 or visit…
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  • Sound the Alarm

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ “Operation Wheeler Dealer” hit the trade press and even the mainstream press in early September. If there is any good news hidden in this massive motorized wheelchair scandal, it is that this represents a needed wake-up call for both the home medical equipment industry and the federal government. Both parties need to do a better job to ensure that scam artists cannot so easily rip off the Medicare rogram and pollute our industry. While we can and should fault the regulators who failed to notice the dramatic increase in new supplier numbers coming out of Harris County, Texas, and the unbelievable rise in claims for motorized wheelchairs coming out of the same area in a year, that is…
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  • HOT Products Showcase

    Bath Safety Lenjoy Medical Engineering/Bath Lift Comfy Lifty Loo Toilet/Commode can be adjusted for height of lift and weight of patient features extended
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  • Cardinal Meeting Highlights Pharmacies’ Focus on HME

    Las Vegas Like their peers in the HME industry, independent retail pharmacies are looking for ways to shelter themselves from the coming Medicare-reform
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  • CMS Describes Exception to In-the-Home Rule

    Baltimore In an Aug. 1 memorandum, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services explained that, while the durable medical equipment benefit generally
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  • Who Makes What in HME

    You may never get rich, but at least you still have a job. That’s a perennial theme in the health care industry, which has traditionally been known for
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