Mary K. Nicholas is executive director of HQAA, a non-profi t accreditation corporation that offers a paperless, web-based product for HME providers and pharmacies providing HME across the nation. Nicholas graduated from the University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines with a master of healthcare administration. She is a senior member of the American Society for Quality and also a member of the American Association for Homecare and The Iowa Quality Center. Nicholas can be reached via email at mary.nicholas@hqaa.org, or by phone at (866) 909-4722.