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March 2004
Don't Be a Ken
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Gail Walker, Editor-in-Chief
You know things are changing when Barbie dumps Ken. After a romance that lasted 43 years, it seems Cali (California) Girl Barbie, hitting stores now with...
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Letters to the Editor
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
No Tears Here We in the industry do not cry crocodile tears over The Scooter Store's lamentations (Scooter Store Lays Off 200, February 2003). I am sure...
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Getting Accredited and Doing It Now
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
BY Tom Cesar
While the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) dictates that the Secretary of Health and Human Services develop quality...
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Just More to Overcome, Not a Call to Exit
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
BY Dexter W. Braff
OK. Among the many things home medical equipment providers were grateful for on Thanksgiving, Congress probably did not make the list. But come Monday...
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Meet Your New VP of Productivity
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
BY Terry Pageler
You work more but have little to show for it. You succeed in adding more patients, but it never seems enough. Do you try new things and most prove ineffective?...
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Beyond the Test Strip
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Paula Patch
In the movie The Graduate, main character Benjamin gets a bit of advice on the industry of the future If Benjamin were a home medical equipment provider...
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A New Medicare Era
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
The new Medicare law signed by President Bush on Dec. 8, 2003, includes a number of reforms that affect Medicare beneficiaries and the home care providers...
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An Overnight Success
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Denise H. McClinton
The number of people diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea continues to rise, making this a lucrative, yet challenging, opportunity for the home medical...
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Bush Taps FDA Chief to Head CMS
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Washington President Bush says he will nominate Mark McClellan as administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. If confirmed, McClellan...
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GAO Investigates Medicare Ad Campaign
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Washington The General Accounting Office, at the request of several congressional Democrats, has decided to investigate whether the Bush administration...
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Provider News
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
WHI to Provide Home Care Services for United HealthCare Deerfield, Ill. In February, Walgreens Health Initiatives, through Walgreens Home Care Inc., began...
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Manufacturer News
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Invacare Acquires Infusion Therapy Distributor Elyria, Ohio Invacare has acquired the assets of ACS, a Deer Park, N.Y.-based division of Mediq PRN Life...
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Industry Newsmakers
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Louis Feuer has joined The VGM Group as educational adviser. Feuer will work with Sara Bauer, VGM director of education, to provide sales and marketing...
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New Products
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Roscoe Medical/Chin Strap Sure-Fit features split-top design to ensure a no-slip fit for CPAP patients available with Velcro attachment or in a continuous...
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ADLs, Ambulatory Aids & Bath Safety
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
Seabridge/Walk-in Bath Classic designed to ease transfer in and out of the bath provides convenient access to the bath tap and hand-held shower anti-scald...
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Building on Success
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Tim Heston
When Sandra and James Hoskin were leasing a small retail space in front of a Houston hotel in 1987, their landlord evicted them. He was selling the property...
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Grassroots Lobbying It's Our Business
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Cara C. Bachenheimer, Esq.
With the many Medicare changes (and when do we not have to deal with various legislative, regulatory and other policy changes?), every provider in our...
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Professionalism Is Part of Solution
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Neil Caesar
Just as with regulatory compliance, one of the keys to addressing the new Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA) successfully...
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A Ton of Prevention
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Miriam Lieber
The Medicare Reform Act, otherwise known as the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA), became effective Jan. 1, 2004. Although...
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Look Upon the Doughnut
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Shelly Prial
The last few months have been trying times, filled with much confusion, with information changing daily, with regulations that we all have difficulty...
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A Business Tune-Up Checklist
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Wallace Weeks
There are several essential steps for home care businesses to take in order to get ready for working under provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug,...
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Dare to Soar
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Jane W. Bunch
The majority of my life is spent on airplanes visiting HME providers throughout the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. As I fly from place...
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Ready for the Challenge
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Kay Cox
The home care industry is facing many challenges in 2004 due to enactment of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act (MMA)....
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Expect the Inevitable
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Louis Feuer, MA, MSW
Some things are just so predictable. We can be sure summer is coming, that we will get older and that there will be days when our patience will be put...
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Medtrade Spring Planner
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM
In the spring, the HME industry's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of Vegas, baby! Medtrade Spring 2004 gets under way March 16-18, with a host of products...
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It Takes a Team
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Lynn Schenkman
Many patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis will tell you they could quit their jobs and retire to Hawaii if they had a dime for every time they heard,...
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Bring It On
Mar 1, 2004 12:00 PM,
By Brook Raflo
One of the most famous commentaries on the pursuit of happiness came from a group of shaggy rock stars in 1969: You can't always get what you want, The...
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