People on the Move

Cara C. Bachenheimer will join Invacare, Elyria, Ohio, Oct. 20 as vice president of government relations. A specialist in health care legislation and rgulatory matters related to Medicare, Medicaid and other third-party payment programs, Bachenheimer was a partner with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Epstein Becker & Green. She previously served as vice president, member services, for the American Association for Homecare and worked with the Health Industry Distributors Association. Bachenheimer replaces David T. Williams, who, after 11 years in the position, has announced it is necessary for him to reduce his workload. He will remain associated with Invacare in a limited consulting role.

Former Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Janet Rehnquist has joined Washington, D.C.-based Venable LLP, where she will co-chair the law firm's health care practice.

The Scooter Store, New Braunfels, Texas, has named Tom Hood vice president of government relations-regulatory affairs. Previously, Hood was director of the National Supplier Clearinghouse and senior vice president of government relations at TechHealth. He served as president of Jane's Billing and Consulting Services and was a co-founder of Tricare (formerly known as Champus), the Defense Department's health plan for military personnel and their families.

Keith Myers, chairman and CEO of Lafayette, La.-based LHC Group, has received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award. LHC provides home health care services and equipment to patients in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

The Cleveland-based orthotics and prosthetics distributor PEL Supply has promoted Paulette Leimkuehler Vaughn to executive vice president of sales and marketing.

Scott Sergeant has joined Waterloo, Iowa-based VGM LEARN (Learning, Education And Research Network) as training and development coordinator.

Washington, D.C.-based Power Mobility Coalition has named Eric W. Sokol, Esq., as the coalition's director. Sokol joins the PMC from the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, where he served as deputy director for government affairs for the past nine years. In addition to lobbying Congress to advance NAHC's legislative agenda, Sokol was also staff liaison for NAHC's home medical equipment affiliate, the Home Medical Equipment Association of America.