TORRANCE, Calif. (March 25, 2014)—Convaid, Inc., a leading manufacturer of lightweight, compact-folding, adaptive-assisted wheelchairs, is joining United Parcel Service (UPS) in its sustainability efforts by participating in the freight company’s innovative “UPS carbon neutral” program, allowing shippers to offset the environmental impact of transporting their freight with contributions based on each shipment’s CO2 emissions.

The American Association for Homecare will soon be launching a new communications campaign designed to directly reach out to patients and rally them behind AAHomecare’s advocacy efforts.

The new patient awareness campaign, Save My Medical Supplies, will be aimed directly at patients to build public awareness, and eventually a public outcry, from the millions of people who are receiving care from the HME industry.

 To that end, AAHomecare would appreciate your view on patients' level of famili

March 27, 2014—Despite opposition from doctors' groups, on a voice vote Thursday, the House of Representatives passed a one-year patch for Medicare's unpopular sustainable growth-rate formula for physician payments and, in the same bill, extended the implementation deadline for ICD-10 diagnostic and procedural codes for at least one year.

March 27, 2014—SCA, a leading global hygiene and forest products company, has been recognized as a 2014 World's Most Ethical Company by the Ethisphere Institute, an independent center of research that promotes best practices in corporate ethics and governance. This is the seventh consecutive year that SCA has been named to the global list, which recognizes organizations that continue to raise the bar on ethical leadership and corporate behavior.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (March 26, 2014)—The Board of Directors of Dynamic Healthcare Services, Inc. (DHS) a portfolio company of GMH Ventures, LLC (GMH) and Lakewood Capital, LLC announced Michael Grabko as new Chief Executive Officer effective March 24.


The National Association for Homecare (NAHC) is laying the groundwork for a possible lawsuit against CMS’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) home health face-to-face requirements.