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January 1, 2001
News You Can Use
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Karen Cavallo
All the News That's Fit to Print ... and More On Being a Caregiver Watching the presidential election unfold the last two months made me realize just...
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A Fresh Perspective
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Marie Blakey
Or How Our New Boss Spurred Us to ChangeI DON'T KNOW if you noticed in our last issue, but a new name tops the masthead: Karen Cavallo, HomeCare's publisher.Gotten...
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Words to BUY By
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
TOM GRAY
Providers Offer Strategies for Savvy Product Selection WHAT TIPS THE BALANCE when you decide what products to carry from which manufacturers? Is it doctor...
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ARE THEY TOUGH Enough?
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
J.P. Pieratt
Why Manufacturers Like to Beat Up Their ProductsTHERE'S A REASON IT'S CALLED "durable" medical equipment.Before the products you sell - wheelchairs, lift...
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Investing in the Future
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Richard Park
Parents Play a Critical Role in the Pediatrics Market More than any other niche in the home medical equipment industry, the pediatrics market is driven...
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The Experts Interviewed
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Daniel Costello
Todd Aiazzone, sales and marketing manager, Merits Health Products, Cape Coral, Fla.; Mark Greig, senior product manager, power wheelchairs, Sunrise Medical,...
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And the Winners Are
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
J.P. Pieratt
HCFA Selects Winning Bidders for San Antonio Competitive Bidding ProjectBaltimoreContinuing to herald competition and competitive bidding as sure-fire...
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HCFA Seeks Comments on Paperwork Burden
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
J.P. Pieratt
Baltimore The Health Care Financing Administration is soliciting comments on the paperwork burdens associated with requiring providers to furnish HCFA...
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GAO Report Blasts HCFA for Contract Award
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
J.P. Pieratt
WashingtonThe Health Care Financing Administration twice extended the contract of a company implicated in the multimillion-dollar Columbia/HCA fraud case...
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Jorkasky to Lead Member Services at AAHomecare
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Tiffany Kobashigawa
Alexandria, Va. Jim Jorkasky is the new vice president of member services for the Alexandria, Va.-based American Association for Homecare.Jorkasky replaces...
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Hash Steps Down as HCFA's Acting Administrator
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
J.P. Pieratt
BaltimoreMichael Hash, acting administrator for the Health Care Financing Administration since Oct. 1, left his position at the agency on Dec. 15."In...
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State News
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Tiffany Kobashigawa
GAMES to Share Alabama Association's Executive Director.Birmingham, Ala. -- Michael Hamilton, executive director of the Alabama Durable Medical Equipment...
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PolyMedica Trials
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Susanne Hopkins
Diabetes Kit Provider Grapples With Lawsuit, Possible FBI Probe and Falling Stock PriceWoburn, Mass. A class-action lawsuit alleging securities fraud...
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Suit Could Cost Gentiva $30M+
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Susanne Hopkins
Melville, N.Y. Gentiva Health Services will fight a $30 million-plus judgment in an age discrimination lawsuit, officials said."We are not pleased - and...
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Coram Debt Holders Target of Class-Action Suit
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Susanne Hopkins
Denville, N.J.A class-action lawsuit alleging fraud was filed on behalf of all common stock shareholders against the three companies holding the long-term...
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Market Pressures Force Productbuzz to Fold
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE STAFF
Boulder, Colo. Citing "current market conditions," Productbuzz, a provider of targeted Web communities for business buyers in various health care markets,...
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Interwest Acquires Three Locations in Arizona
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Susanne Hopkins
Salt Lake City Interwest Home Medical beefed up its Arizona holdings by purchasing Aays Health Care Equipment, which has locations in Peoria, Cottonwood...
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Legend Terminates UnitedHealthcare Agreement
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Susanne Hopkins
Sharon Hill, Pa. In an escalating reimbursement battle, Legend Healthcare terminated its participation agreement with UnitedHealthcare, charging that...
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The Newswire
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE STAFF
Financials Horizon Records Loss for Third Quarter: Horizon Pharmacies, Denison, Texas, posted a loss of $1.9 million, or 32 cents a share, for the third...
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Point of Pride
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Richard Park
Mobility Manufacturer Forms Power Wheelchair Rehabilitation Division Exeter, Pa. Pride Mobility Products is expanding its scope into the rehabilitation...
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Pulmonetic Wins Judgment in Patent Case
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Richard Park
Colton, Calif. A federal court has granted Pulmonetic Systems' motion for summary judgment filed Feb. 28 on a patent claim originally filed by Palm Springs,...
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THE MANUFACTURER newswire
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE STAFF
Alliances Medline Finalizes Deal: Mundelein, Ill.-based Medline Industries and Irving, Texas-based Carrington Laboratories have signed a five-year distribution...
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New Products
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM
Lifestream Technologies/Cholesterol Testing Device --The Lifestream Cholesterol Monitor * hand-held device delivers results from finger stick in three...
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Lifts and Transfer Devices
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
Tiffany Kobashigawa
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE ENJOYING LONGER, MORE ACTIVE LIVES THAT TAKE THEM NOT ONLY FROM ROOM TO ROOM IN THEIR HOMES, BUT ALSO FROM TOWN TO TOWN-AND...
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Customer Service
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
SUSANNE HOPKINS
Going the DistanceAabon Goes to Great Lengths for CustomersNOT MANY PEOPLE would interrupt their Christmas Eve festivities to drive 31 miles to unfold...
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WASHINGTON wit & wisdom
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
CARA C. BACHENHEIMER
Rules, Rules and More Rules Why You Should Keep One Eye on Washington YOU PAUSED WHEN you saw "Washington" and "Wisdom" together, didn't you? But don't...
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In the FINAL analysis
Jan 1, 2001 12:00 PM,
HOMECARE STAFF
On Its Own Rehab Industry Seeks Its Own Accreditation Standards FOR TOO LONG, the rehabilitation technology market has stood in the shadow of its older...
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