ANNAPOLIS, Md. (April 8, 2014)—The Maryland-National Capital Homecare Association (MNCHA) applauds the passage of House Bill 1029 and Senate Bill 852—the bills that, when signed into law by the Governor, will remove the pharmacy licensure requirement for durable medical equipment (DME) providers in Maryland. “This process has been an ongoing collaboration between MNCHA, numerous other state associations and the Maryland Board of Pharmacy for over a year.

AAHomecare’s new consumer facing campaign, Save My Medical Supplies (savemymedicalsupplies.org), has generated 725 letters to Congress in the first 24 hours after its launch. The campaign goal is to build a public outcry on HME issues by educating consumers about how Medicare reform mistakes are impacting people with serious medical needs. All types of medical supplies and equipment, such as wheelchairs, diabetic test strips and oxygen, are

(April 11, 2014)—ExcelHealth Inc. announced its new dual channel electrotherapy TENS device for relief of muscle and joint pain. The iReliev Pain Management System (ET-1313) is FDA approved and now available to consumers without a prescription.

ATLANTA (April 4, 2014)—A delegation led by U.S. Representative Tom Petri (R-WI), Chairman of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee and representing Wisconsin's 6th Congressional District, visited GF’s Fond du Lac, Wis.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (April 4, 2014)—Allied Management Solutions, LLC (Allied), a home medical equipment (HME) management and consulting company recently signed a new agreement with health care solutions organization, Amerinet, Inc., to provide HME solutions to Amerinet members.

SOMERSET, Pa. (April 10, 2014)—DeVilbiss Healthcare was recently awarded a patent for its innovative SmartCode Remote Therapy Monitoring system. The development of SmartCode technology revolutionized the way in which patients can remotely report CPAP therapy usage and efficacy data to the health provider. With this patent, DeVilbiss is now protected from other imitation codes on the market. “We are pleased to have been awarded a U.S.