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  • Making Changes One Policy at a Time

    One look at Cara C. Bachenheimer’s dossier leaves no room for doubt about her dedication to the health care industry. A partner with the Washington-based
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  • Fun and Function

    Children may outgrow their tennis shoes and their Barbie dolls, their playhouses and their Tonka trucks, but leading manufacturers in pediatric mobility are making sure they won’t outgrow their wheelchairs or scooters — at least not anytime soon. Manufacturers are responding to the increasing number of children who are diagnosed with special mobility needs at an early age by designing mobility products that will last as a child grows and develops. But as parents come to mobility providers with increasingly younger children in need, this ambitious goal isn’t easy to achieve. “You used to wait until a child was four, five or six years old. Now, if you have the diagnosis, you can start as early as 12 to 18 months,” says Julianna Arva, pediatric…
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  • Ready, Set, Grow!

    For years, industry pundits and optimists have insisted that the home medical equipment industry is primed to serve the needs of the aging baby boomer
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  • MOBILITY PRODUCTS

    Vantage Mobility International/Wheelchair and Scooter Lift Elite Call 800/348-8267. Web site: www.vantagemobility.com Circle 212 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Teftec/Power Wheelchair OmegaTrac Call 888/234-1433. Web site: www.teftec.com. Circle 211 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Harmar/Hybrid Platform Lifts AL600 Series Call 800/833-0478. Web site: www.harmar.com Circle 210 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Quantum Rehab/Cushion Synergy Structure Call 800/800-8586. Web site: www.quantumrehab.com Circle 214 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Merits Health Products/Manual Wheelchair M12 Rover Call 800/963-7487. Web site: www.meritshealth.com Circle 218 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Leisure-Lift/Scooter Plus III Atlas Call 800/255-0285. Web site: www.pacesaver.com Circle 215 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Invacare/Manual Wheelchair IVC Series Call 800/333-6900. Web site: www.invacare.com Circle 219 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Essential…
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  • Adapting to Challenges

    In Frost & Sullivan’s report, North American Mobility Aids Markets, published last year, the authors write that the North American mobility market will
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  • RESPIRATORY PRODUCTS

    Sunrise Medical/Humidifier Heater DeVilbiss 9200D-I Call 800/333-4000. Web site: www.sunrisemedical.com Circle 202 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. PARI Respiratory/Compressor TREK Compact Compressor Call 800/327-8632. Web site: www.pari.com Circle 201 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Chad Therapeutics/Electronic Oxygen Conserver Oxymatic 411A Call 800/423-8870. Web site: www.oxymatic.com Circle 204 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Ameriflo/Oxygen Regulators Ameriflo Regulators Call 800/976-2390. Web site: www.ameriflo.com Circle 207 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Respironics/CPAP System REMstar Pro with C-Flex Call 800/345-6443. Web site: www.respironics.com Circle 209 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. ResMed/Mask Mirage Vista Call 800/424-0737. Web site: www.resmed.com Circle 208 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. VIASYS Healthcare/Ventilator Tbird Legacy Call 800/231-2466. Web site: www.viasyshealthcare.com Circle 205 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information Puritan…
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  • Life Savers

    Success stories aren’t easy to come by in the home ventilator field, but Cynthia Gray has many and the number is growing. The vice president of respiratory
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  • AAHomecare Picks New President

    Alexandria, Va. At Medtrade Spring last month, the American Association for Homecare announced that Kay Cox will replace Tom Connaughton as president of AAHomecare, effective June 1. Cox, who has more than 20 years of experience in the health care industry, most recently worked as vice president of the Washington office and political action committee of Beverly Enterprises, a $2.4 billion company that operates skilled nursing facilities nationwide. More information about Cox, and a message from Cox herself, appear in HomeCare‘s Medtrade Report, beginning on page 30. For breaking news, go to www.homecaremonday.com, the electronic news service of the home medical equipment industry.
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  • Rotech Raid Sparks Speculation, Concern

    Orlando, Fla. Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation April 30 raided Rotech’s headquarters in Orlando, as well as company offices in Maine, New York, Arkansas and Illinois, according to WFTV, an Orlando television station. Approximately 50 agents took part in the Orlando raid, removing “boxes and boxes of documents,” WFTV reported. One day later, Rotech released a statement confirming the raids and explaining that the company does not know the reason for the investigation. “The company is cooperating fully with the investigation,” the statement said. “However, [Rotech] has not been informed by the government of the subject matter of the inquiry.” Federal investigations are not new for the HME giant. Last March, Rotech paid $17 million to settle allegations that, between 1995 and 2000,…
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  • Seating & Positioning

    Invacare/Pressure-Reduction Support Cushions Infinity Series Call 800/333-6900. Web site: www.invacare.com Circle 444 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Sunrise Medical/Wheelchair Back Jay Precision Back Call 800/333-4000. Web site: www.sunrisemedical.com Circle 439 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Convaid/Positioning Wheelchair Cruiser Ready Call 888/266-8243. Web site: www.convaid.com Circle 448 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Varilite/Pressure-Relief Support Cushion Evolution Call 800/827-4548. Web site: www.varilite.com Circle 449 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Freedom Designs/Tilt-In-Space Folding Wheelchair Gizmo Tilt-in-Space Call 800/331-8551. Web site: www.freedomdesigns.com Circle 446 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Leisure-Lift/Power Wheelchair Scout Boss with Rehab Seat Call 800/255-0285. Web site: www.pacesaver.com Circle 445 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Sammons Preston/Seating System Leckey Advance Seating System Call 800/323-5547. Web site: www.sammonspreston.com Circle 447 or…
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  • Legislative Lowdown

    Las Vegas Some of Medtrade Spring’s most popular conferences covered legislative and regulatory topics, explaining the prospects for national competitive bidding, the status of “inherent reasonableness” regulations and the progress of state licensure laws. Attendees filled the chairs, lined the walls and sat on the floor at the American Association for Homecare’s legislative update conference. Following are summaries of a few of the legislative and regulatory subjects that AAHomecare staff members discussed: DME Competitive Bidding — Tom Connaughton, AAHomecare’s president, said the home care industry was fortunate to escape DME competitive bidding last year, after President Bush’s 2003 budget and a successful bill in the House of Representatives touted the system as a viable way for the federal government to save money. There are many…
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  • AAHomecare Names New President

    Las Vegas Kay Cox will replace Tom Connaughton as president of AAHomecare, effective June 1, the association announced last month at Medtrade Spring. Cox most recently served as vice president of the Washington office and political action committee of Beverly Enterprises, a $2.4 billion company that operates skilled nursing facilities nationwide. Since March 21, when Connaughton announced his decision to resign, the association has considered 26 candidates and interviewed seven finalists to fill his shoes, according to Steve Knoll, the association’s outgoing chairman. Prior to her Beverly position, Cox was president and chief executive officer of a health care consulting group, where she advised providers on public policy issues, the association said. Before that, she coordinated federal contracts with such government agencies as the Department…
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