News

COPD Patient Wraps Ride of a Lifetime: August 15, 2008; Retired historian pedals bike from San Francisco to Tijuana using a POC to raise COPD awareness.
Fastrack MSO Now Offering 50 Products: August 8, 2008
Industry Seeks Rental Cap Clarity: August 8, 2008; As 2009 approaches, AAHomecare collects questions for CMS to answer on how caps will work
CHAD Therapeutics Relocates to Naples, Florida: August 1, 2008; Recently acquired by Inovo, Inc. the California-based oxygen conservation firm completes cross-country move.
H.R. 6331 recalls oxygen transfer of ownership: July 21, 2008
New LCDs Prohibit HME Involvement in Home Sleep Testing: July 17, 2008
CMS announces competitive bidding delay: July 17, 2008; What it all means? Industry insiders comment on how the delay will affect providers and beneficiaries.
House, Senate Override President’s Veto: July 15, 2008; H.R. 6331 stands; competitive bidding delay is now law.
President Vetoes HR 6331: July 15, 2008; House and Senate gear up to vote on overrides today and tomorrow.
President Plans to Veto Medicare Bill: July 10, 2008; Intentions to send NCB delay back to the Senate made clear at Washington press briefing.
Senate Vote Approves H.R. 6331: July 9, 2008; The bill to delay competitive bidding now goes to the President's desk.
Round One NCB Price Tables Analyzed: July 8, 2008; The HME Media Group continued it's analysis of round one by examining 23 product codes across round one's 10 CBAs.
Competitive Bidding Round One Winners Analyzed: July 7, 2008; The HME Media Group has picked through the round one results. Read our findings and download our tables.
Senate Restarts H.R. 6331 Debate This Week: July 7, 2008; While the Senate's cloture vote failed to push the bill to a vote, debate is slated continue now that the Senate's Independence Day break has wrapped up.
USM Acquires Apria's Rehab Division: July 4, 2008; Deal includes power and complex wheelchair division; other Apria HME functions not affected.
Injunctions Fail to Stop Round One Implementation: July 3, 2008; After the Senate’s failure to put H.R. 6331 to a vote before its July 4 break, motions for injunctions to stop NCB also failed.
Senate Cloture Vote on H.R. 6331 Fails: June 27, 2008; Vote to move bill from debate to final vote fails, leaving NCB poised to go into effect on July 1.
Respironics Rolls Out Drop-Ship Service: June 20, 2008
Senate Bill Introduced to Delay NCB: June 20, 2008; Associations urge providers to lobby Congress to support the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Acquisition Reform Act of 2008.
AAHomecare Sues to Stop NCB: June 13, 2008