Clearwater, Fla. Officials at Lincare have confirmed the acquisition of several HMEs. In January, Lincare acquired the medical division branches of Charlestown,
Tallahassee, Fla. A Florida state house bill was introduced last month that would require the state's HME providers to become accredited in order to obtain
Baltimore As the comment period recently ended within Medicare's National Coverage Determination process for wheelchairs, mobility stakeholders recommended
Countless lives were touched when the tsunami tragically struck several countries in Asia in December. Many now claim that thousands of lives could have
Dallas In the latest power wheelchair scheme to come out of Texas, a federal grand jury has indicted three wheelchair supply company owners, charging
New York Since the New York State Health Department closed the Medicaid Manhattan office and transferred the work to the central office in Albany in November,
Baltimore The Medicare Coverage Advisory Committee (MCAC) has made a preliminary decision not to expand program coverage for in-home sleep testing. Current
Medicare coverage of powered mobility equipment, such as power wheelchairs, will change significantly in the coming months as the Centers for Medicare
When President Bush signed the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) in December 2003, the nation focused on the law's unprecedented prescription drug benefit for Medicare. But buried in the mammoth legal document is a provision mandating competitive bidding for DME.
A commission charged with drafting recommendations to reform Ohio's ailing Medicaid program has recommended that the state implement selective contracting
