Adoption of this Code of Business Ethics should help providers preserve their hard-earned respect and credibility while ensuring that they are complying with regulations and laws.

The following listing of business software/technology vendors was compiled from the HomeCare Buyers' Guide.

Manufacturers say that's the message in this 'booming' market.

Oxygen customers want choice, you need company viability. It's time for a patient-provider partnership.

Cold calling, and solicitation of potential customers generally, is frowned upon except in certain circumstances and must be handled very carefully.

Looking at Medicare denial percentages for the E0607, home blood glucose monitor, the high numbers have held steady at 35 percent in 2009 and 35.3 percent for the first quarter of 2010.

Cornerstone Medical gets a fragile new 'customer.'

With prices for Round 1 of competitive bidding due out this month providers were anxious about their chances for survival, and emotions were running high.

One way to increase efficiency and boost the balance sheet is to update business software, and vendors say benefits to the bottom line can more than offset the investment.

AAHomecare issued a national press release "to underscore the Government Accountability Office finding that the processing of Medicare reimbursement claims for HME continues to be a problem — despite CMS efforts to implement reforms."