ATLANTA (June 17, 2016)—Early registration for Medtrade, the fall edition of the nation’s premiere HME trade show, opens Monday, June 20. The show will once again be held in its familiar home at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, from October 31–November 3. 

MILWAUKEE (June 17, 2016)—Cindy Ciardo, CEO of Knueppel HealthCare Services, Inc. (KHS) recently collaborated with a delegation of Wisconsin medical equipment providers to lobby every Wisconsin legislator in D.C. to gain support for crucial legislation for the home health industry.

WATERLOO, Iowa (June 16, 2016)—The VGM Group introduced the HME Woman of the Year Award during a special session at its annual Heartland Conference.

Open to all women who work in the industry, criteria for the HME Woman of the Year award includes paving new ways of innovation and new business processes, leadership that has secured legislative wins, improving the lives of patients and making lifelong impressions on her community.

DAVISON, Mich. (June 16, 2016)—Universal Software Solutions, Inc. (USSI), a provider of practice management solutions for the home health care markets, announced that it has enhanced its partnership with Vantiv Integrated Payments.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 16, 2016)—AAHomecare has received confirmation that competitive bidding rural relief legislation is starting to move through the hotline process in the Senate. The bill is first being cleared through the Senate Finance Committee, who have until noon Thursday (June 16) to object to the bill. Once the bill clears the committee, it will go to the full Senate.

ATLANTA (June 16, 2016)—The nation’s premiere HME-focused trade show is more than four months away, but presenters are closely watching the legislative happenings on Capitol Hill. Specifically, if phase two of rural cuts goes into effect on July 1, or if they don’t, presenters will adjust their message.

LENEXA, Kan. (June 15, 2016)—Mediware Information Systems, Inc., a provider of comprehensive post-acute health care software, announced the next on-time release features of CareTend for the HME/DME and home infusion markets. CareTend’s added functionality enables providers to grow their retail operations, streamline credit card processing, save costs using drop-ship features and increase output with customized workflow and reporting tools.

OAKDALE, Penn. (June 16, 2016)—An Aquatec OceanDual shower chair was recently selected for use by Dr. Stephen Hawking.