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June 1, 2000
Getting Those Wheelchair Sales Rolling
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
Richard Park
THE DEMAND FOR WHEELCHAIRS is expected to keep rising, making them an attractive revenue stream for home medical equipment providers. But which wheelchairs...
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Positioning for the Future
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
Richard Park
Something has to change. That's the word from manufacturers of seating and positioning products, who say declining reimbursement could decide the future...
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HCFA Issues Request for San Antonio Bid Packages
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Washington The Health Care Financing Administration has taken another step-albeit a small one-toward implementing the San Antonio competitive bidding...
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HME Jackpot!: Medtrade West Exceeds Expectations
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Las Vegas Reflecting a new optimism about the industry, the Medtrade West Exposition and Conference held at Bally's Las Vegas in May was by all accounts...
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Parker Takes Over as NSC Interim Director
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Columbia, S.C. The National Supplier Clearinghouse has named Nancy Parker as its interim director, replacing Tom Hood.Parker has held several government...
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Alabama Pushes for Looser Restrictions on DME Bill
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Moundville, Ala. A proposal for a "lemon law" targeting durable medical equipment is being hammered out in Alabama with the help of the Alabama Durable...
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More Woes for IHS
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
Susanne Hopkins
Owings Mills, Md. In its latest filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, embattled Integrated Health Services said it is under federal...
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Coram, Aetna Resolve Legal Dispute
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Denver After months of wrangling over a service contract that resulted in dueling lawsuits and the demise of two Coram Healthcare subsidiaries, Coram...
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Briefly Noted
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
DMEsite.com has debuted. The Internet site features a range of surplus new, used and demonstration home health care products, including wheelchairs, beds...
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Georgia Provider Pleads Guilty to FDA Charges
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Atlanta MRS Homecare of Tifton, Ga., its chief executive officer and two of its regional managers pleaded guilty to felony charges that included conspiracy...
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Virdee Resigns From Infu-Tech
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Carlstadt, N.J. Pritpal Virdee, president and chief operating officer of Infu-Tech Inc., has resigned, company officials said. A successor has not been...
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Financial News
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Transworld Healthcare, New York, recorded a loss of $912,000, or 5 cents a share, for the first quarter of fiscal 2000, compared with net income of $4,000,...
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People News
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Karen Moore and Michael Barish have formed AnCor Healthcare Consulting, a Coral Springs, Fla.-based company specializing in billing and collection procedures....
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All in the Game
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
Tiffany Kobashigawa
Even before the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, getting reimbursement for sports and recreation products was tough. Now, manufacturers say, it's impossible-and...
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The Skinny on Business
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
J.P. Pieratt
If you want to trim the financial fat from your business, there's one sure-fire way to do it: Become a winning bidder in a competitive bidding demonstration.That's...
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A Marketing Match
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
Susanne Hopkins
AT FIRST, IT MIGHT not seem like a match made in heaven. What, after all, does a home medical equipment provider have to do with wedding gowns? But when...
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It's Show Business
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
Richard Park
IF YOU'VE NEVER thought about attending a health care conference as an exhibitor, think again. Exhibiting at shows and other events can present a good...
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Managed Care Contracts Becoming More Realistic
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
ANSWERS TO YOUR INDUSTRY QUESTIONS Is now a good time to contract with managed care payers?Fairer rates and reasonable service expectations are rapidly...
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Nurses Say Time Is Rx for Good Care
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Columbus, Ohio It's a pretty strong indictment of the quality of health care, at least in Ohio. Nearly half of the 2,201 nurses responding to anOhio NursesAssociation...
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Banding Together for Equality in Health Care
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
Washington When it comes to health care, all people are not equal. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, a black baby is twice...
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Net Changes in Distribution
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
Daniel Costello
E-COMMERCE IS UNDOUBTEDLY THE WAY of the future, but even today, the Internet affects the way home medical products are distributed. By some counts, the...
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E-Commerce Meets the Health Care Industry
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE MAGAZINE STAFF
THE GOVERNMENT is putting some limits on the e-commerce of home medical equipment-digital signatures for claim processing, for example, are not officially...
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Sure of Their Game
Jun 1, 2000 12:00 PM,
J. P Pieratt
The Internet is clearly a power player in the health industry, threatening to take market share and territories from all kinds of health-related companies....
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