WATERLOO, Iowa (June 17, 2016)—If you own a brick-and-mortar business, you likely know and comply with the existing building standards set by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Recent developments in ADA regulations will now include websites as part of Title III of the ADA. This change means your company website(s) will soon be legally required to comply with a set of standards called the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0).
ATLANTA (June 17, 2016)—Early registration for Medtrade, the fall edition of the nation’s premiere HME trade show, opens Monday, June 20. The show will once again be held in its familiar home at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, from October 31–November 3.
MILWAUKEE (June 17, 2016)—Cindy Ciardo, CEO of Knueppel HealthCare Services, Inc. (KHS) recently collaborated with a delegation of Wisconsin medical equipment providers to lobby every Wisconsin legislator in D.C. to gain support for crucial legislation for the home health industry.
WATERLOO, Iowa (June 16, 2016)—The VGM Group introduced the HME Woman of the Year Award during a special session at its annual Heartland Conference.
Open to all women who work in the industry, criteria for the HME Woman of the Year award includes paving new ways of innovation and new business processes, leadership that has secured legislative wins, improving the lives of patients and making lifelong impressions on her community.
DAVISON, Mich. (June 16, 2016)—Universal Software Solutions, Inc. (USSI), a provider of practice management solutions for the home health care markets, announced that it has enhanced its partnership with Vantiv Integrated Payments.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 16, 2016)—AAHomecare has received confirmation that competitive bidding rural relief legislation is starting to move through the hotline process in the Senate. The bill is first being cleared through the Senate Finance Committee, who have until noon Thursday (June 16) to object to the bill. Once the bill clears the committee, it will go to the full Senate.