WATERLOO, Iowa (June 14, 2017)—VGM is now accepting nominations for the 2017 HME Woman of the Year award.

The announcement was made during the Women and Wine event at VGM’s annual Heartland Conference. The session included a presentation on how to apply Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" concepts into everyday lives. Following a moderated discussion on work-life balance, a video promoting the HME Woman of the Year award was shown to nearly 100 women in attendance.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 14, 2017)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of the Actuary (OACT) released state-level health care spending data for the period 1991-2014.

—Via AAHomecare, WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 14, 2017)—AAHomecare received word Monday that the Congressional sign-on letter on HME priority issues “closed” with commitments from 153 members of the House of Representatives. Per the usual procedure with these sign-on letters, Hill staffers are now taking the letter to each of these offices to get an actual signature on the letter. 

ROME, New York (June 1, 2017)—Nunn’s Home Medical Equipment has completed their second acquisition in 17 months expanding their services by acquiring Tri-County Home Care’s assets excluding VA customers. In 2015 they opened a second location in Syracuse after 73 years of doing business based in Rome, NY. The new patients will be serviced out of both the Syracuse and Rome locations depending on their home zip code.

CHICAGO (June 14, 2017)—The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today approved a resolution authored by the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) that seeks to de-stigmatize obesity and improve obesity treatment by educating physicians to engage in a non-biased dialogue.

LENEXA, Kan. (June 14, 2017)—FreshAire CPAP & Supplies, LLC, a growing medical equipment supply company, that provides sleep apnea equipment in the Wooster, Ohio area, is successfully using CareTend software to manage its HME business operations. Since contracting with Mediware Information Systems to use the CareTend solution, FreshAire CPAP & Supplies has improved productivity and improved compliance for all CPAP, BiPAP and retail service operations.

ATLANTA (June 14, 2017)—Brightree, the leading provider of cloud-based patient management software for post-acute care companies, today announced the release of its new Patient Financial Services solution, providing home medical equipment (HME) providers enhanced live-call resources to streamline their patient payment process, including payment plan options, progress reporting and enrollment opportunities.