No Time to Relax

By Wallace Weeks

Recently, I finished a really big project that I had been working on for 10 weeks. Most of those weeks included six or more workdays, many of which were...

Everyday Opportunity

Gail Walker gwalker@homecaremag.com

Like millions of Americans, I went shopping over the Labor Day weekend. After my dishwasher gave up, I had carefully researched features and prices, and...

NCD Vs. LCD

By Denise H. McClinton

If you are a provider of products and supplies designed to treat sleep-disordered breathing, you are in a strong position. Expanding research that focuses...

Manual Wheelchairs & Accessories

Quantum Rehab/Ultralight Litestream XF rigidizing double-X folding frame designed to give versatility and performance of solid frame while folding to...

Taking the Plunge

By Susanne Hopkins

Imagine for a moment that you are in the Oregon Senate chamber, where a heated discussion is going on about the merits of cutting Medicaid reimbursement...

Easing Medicare's Pain

By Tyler Wilson

Health care reform discussions will generate passion and headlines during this election season and into the new Congress next year. This presents another...

Supporting the ADA

By Cara C. Bachenheimer, Esq.

While we tend to remain focused on the Medicare issues that drive our businesses, it's important to understand the key policy issues that affect our customers....

The Day After

By Louis Feuer, MA, MSW

For those enough old enough to remember the movie The Day After, I believe this summer has brought some similarities. And hopefully for all of us, extra...

Just Breathe

By Jane Bunch

I have received more calls and emails than ever from the provider community about capped rental misunderstandings. Of course, questions about oxygen account...

FMV Is Complex Topic

By Neil Caesar

Last month we began to explore fair market value, an important and dangerous concept. FMV essentially reflects the commercially reasonable payment one...

Deadlines and Deliverables

By Mary Ellen Conway, RN, BSN

For the past few summers, it seems that just when we were ready to have a quiet season and enjoy the sun, the outdoors, the mountains and beaches, a new...

Working Down Denials

Sarah Hanna

The Jurisdiction D DME MAC (Noridian Administrative Services) says it is seeing many claims for wheelchairs and power mobility devices were it has been...

Putting Motion Where Your Mouth Is

By Claire Sykes

It lets us converse with others, sing along to the radio and play a flute. Without it, we couldn't taste that chocolate cake and lick our lips. But since...

Echoes of Times Gone By

30 years ago In what may seem an eerily familiar echo of recent events, 30 years ago September saw HME amid Senate Subcommittee on Small Business hearings...

HME Products

Quantum Rehab/Seating Tru-Balance 2 Lift & Tilt 10 inches of elevation for out-of-reach items and 50 degrees of tilt available with power recline, power...

GAO Fraud Sting Points Finger at CMS

WASHINGTON With Medicare fraud and abuse a hot topic on Capitol Hill and CMS pushing tougher supplier standards and accreditation as a catchall fix in...

Medtrade 2008 Preview

Atlanta will play host to the 29th annual expo and conference next month as HME professionals take over the Georgia World Congress Center Oct. 27-30 for...

HME Headlines

Check the HomeCare Monday archives at www.homecaremonday.com for these and other industry headlines: Beyond Competitive Bidding: Providers Face Troubling...

Notable & Quotable

1 in 3Retirees in the U.S. say they are spending much more than they expected on health care and prescription drugs.Source: Employee Benefit News 1,335Number...