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ATLANTA (Nov. 25, 2014)—The van Halem Group, a division of VGM Group Inc., has expanded its Medicare experience with six new full-time employees.The firm’s leadership already has more than 130 years of combined Medicare experience.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 3, 2014)—Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Sunovion) has joined the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) as a silver level corporate partner. Sunovion specializes in treatments for central nervous system and respiratory disorders.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 4, 2014)—Senators Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today introduced the Medicare Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2014. The Competitive Bidding Improvement Act, companion legislation to HR 4920, which Congressmen Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) and John Larson (D-Conn.) introduced in the House in June, is a short and simple bill that would help deter speculative bidding in Medicare contract auctions.
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas (Dec. 5, 2014)—Alex Orthopedic has added several new products to its Home Health Care Center, a turnkey retail program for HME providers that allows for easy entry into the retail home health product arena.
NASHVILLE (Dec. 1, 2014)—National Seating & Mobility (NSM) announced the acquisition of Home Health Depot’s (HHD) custom seating and mobility division. HHD branches serve physicians, therapists, clients and caregivers from hospitals, rehabilitation facilities and clinics in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and Texas.
SAN DIEGO (Dec. 4, 2014)—ResMed announces the launch of the AirCurve 10 series, which includes three bilevel devices for specialized support of challenging sleep apnea cases, as well as an adaptive servo-ventilation device for patients with central sleep apnea or Cheyne-Stokes respiration.