NAIMES Forms Board of Directors

HALIFAX, Va.–The National Association of Independent Medical
Equipment Suppliers, launched in April as a grassroots advocacy and
support organization, announced its initial board of directors on
Wednesday.

H. Wayne Sale, RCP, president of Health First in Richmond, Va.,
will serve as board chairman. Others on the nine-member board
include:

–Tim Good, RCP, president of Goodcare by CPCI in Logan,
Ohio;
–Joan Cross, co-owner of C & C Homecare in Bradenton,
Fla.;
–Bob Miller, Rph, president and CEO of New Jersey-based Bach’s
Home Health Care Supply, and president and pharmacist of Skylands
Community Pharmacy, Hackettstown, N.J.;
–Jason Rogers, president of Care Medical, Athens, Ga., and
president of the Georgia Association of Medical Equipment
Suppliers;
–John Eberhart, RCP, president of Eberhart Home Health Care in
Laguna Niguel, Calif.;
–Michael Flores, vice president/general manager of Huntleigh Home
Medical, San Antonio;
–Tom Bradley, CEO and owner of Petersen Medical, Orem, Utah, and
president of Utah Medical Equipment Dealers, that state’s HME
association; and
–Tom Coogan, vice president of Care Medical Equipment, Portland,
Ore., and president of the Pacific Association for Medical
Equipment Services.

According to a press release, NAIMES’ new board will be charged
with review and revision of its bylaws, refining a three-year
strategic plan, developing positions on industry issues and the
launch of the DMEHelp Political Action Committee next year.

Focused specifically on independent DME suppliers, the group is
“on target” to reach 500 members by early 2008, the release
said.

Wayne Stanfield, a DME owner who is also executive director of
the Home Care Alliance of Virginia, a provider network, is the
organization’s president and CEO.

For more information, visit
www.dmehelp.org.