This week leaders on Capitol Hill hosted two hearings related to HME issues. The powerful Senate Finance Committee hosted a hearing on the backlog of claims appeals at the administrative law judges (ALJ) level, and the Small Business Administration hosted a forum on regulations impacting small businesses. These two hearings are a great example of how coming to D.C. in person, to meet with legislators can have a powerful impact on our industry.
HARRISBURG, Penn. (April 15, 2015)—Golden Technologies is being recognized for creating jobs that pay and their economic impact within the Commonwealth as part of the third annual Governor’s ImPAct Awards. Awards will be presented at a ceremony at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania on May 21, 2015. “We are honored to have Golden recognized as a company with an entrepreneurial spirit and as an employer that creates jobs that sustain families with competitive salaries and good benefits.
Improvements in bath safety products help older adults live safe, independent lives while also helping HME providers find cash sales and gain valuable long-term customers
WASHINGTON (April 22, 2015)—From AAHomecare: In one of the biggest regulatory wins of the last decade, CMS has announced that RAC reviews of DME items provided while a beneficiary was in a Part A stay -- including hospitals and nursing homes -- are limited to DME claims paid on or after April 1. While DME and related supplies are covered for the entire 30 days of such stays, the automatic RAC audits were going back several years to review these types of claims.

LENEXA, KS, April 20th, 2015-Mediware Information Systems, Inc. is hosting a free webinar for attendees on Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 1:00 Central, 2:00 EST, to discuss how to grow your HME business through mergers and acquisitions. The webinar is entitled “How to use Mergers and Acquisitions to Succeed in Today’s Changing DME Marketplace,” presented by Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor (CMAA), and director/partner at Vertess Consulting, Bradley Smith.

Lake Wales, FL April 22, 2015 - The Luna family of PAP devices is designed to offer patients the latest enhancements in sleep therapy while innovative compliance management technology allows for better patient management. Luna sleep products offer more, free remote compliance reporting options than any other PAP device on the market. In a series of new innovations from 3B, the Luna brings both Wi-Fi wireless communication and QR Coding to sleep therapy.