Washington Bill Thomas, former chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and a long-time foe of the HME industry, has signed on as a visiting

Washington In a move both expected and dreaded by home medical equipment providers, early last month President Bush revealed his 2008 proposed budget,

If you are not currently participating in the sleep market, you are most likely considering the prospect. There is good reason: The market is growing

The president's FY 2008 budget proposal, submitted to Congress in early February, dramatically improves this industry's ability to have a constructive

Tallahassee, Fla. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida has filed 23 False Claims Act lawsuits against clinics and DME companies,

Under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Congress merely considered the economic issues of home oxygen therapy, and not the clinical aspects. This legislation

You have to be an eternal optimist to be in this business, proclaims California provider Cliff Woolard. And he is. Despite reimbursement reductions galore,

Columbia, S.C. A pre-pay probe review of Jurisdiction A claims for negative pressure wound therapy has resulted in more than three-quarters of those claims

You might say that Norco Virtual University was born of frustration. The Web-based training tool is used by Norco, a Boise, Idaho-based home medical equipment

Nashville, Tenn. Cigna Government Services is pushing to add more than 200 positions in preparation for taking over as the Jurisdiction C DME Medicare