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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Philips does not recommend using bacteria filters with CPAP/BiLevel devices as a means of mitigating chemical emission or particulate matter, it says in a new document related to a recent recall.  “Due to an influx of questions, additional information is being provided about the use of bacteria filters with CPAP/BiLevel devices,” the company states. “According to FDA regulation 868.5260, bacteria filters are medical devices that are intended to remove...

WASHINGTON - A pair of planned Hill briefings and a “Dear Colleague” letter are turning up the heat on the HME industry's fight against competitive bidding.The briefings, scheduled for March 14, will give stakeholders another chance to make their case against the competitive bidding program.“This is an opportunity to educate members of Congress and their staff on the program and the problems identified with Round 2,” said Seth Johnson, vice president of government affairs...

An article in today's Wall Street Journal does a nice job explaining how Medicare's 36-month oxygen cap has hurt patients and HME providers. After all the "hit pieces" uninformed mainstream journalists have written about the HME industry, this article is a breathe of fresh air. I like that it focuses on the plight of small businesses and patients for a change, and not fraud and abuse. At some point, those who have it out for the HME industry are going to have to give up their crazed obsession. If...

What a waste of time all this back and forth on healthcare reform has been. The answer's been right in front of our faces the whole time: Expand Medicare to everyone. Tom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars! release Bolt ipod How simple is that? бесплатная программа удаления порно If Medicare is good enough for our seniors, why isn't it good enough for everyone else? It's a program that works and, with the possible exception of some real right-wing anti-government types,...

The following letter from AAHomecare is of critical importance to all HMEs who provide Medicare oxygen. If you want to find out what oxygen reimbursement could look like in the future, read on. —Mike Moran Open Letter to the Home Oxygen Community Made for Each Other dvd From Tyler Wilson President, American Association for Homecare Sucker Free City rip September 14, 2009 The American Association for Homecare has worked for many months on the proposal to reform the Medicare home oxygen benefit. ...

This morning, little old me, the humble executive editor of HME News, spent 40 minutes on the phone with four Government Accountability Office officials, answering questions about Medicare oxygen. порно аниме онлайн зрелые письки Unstable Fables: Goldilocks & 3 Bears Show divx I felt kind of important. I mean, I'm usually the one who calls government officials to ask questions. They never call me. Never. So this was a first. In case you don't know, the GAO is "the investigative...

Pretty in Pink release It's interesting watch the auto industry grapple with the government's Cash for Clunkers program. Finally, another sector of the economy, one that until now had nothing to do with the federal bureaucracy, is feeling the HME industry's pain. Passchendaele psp Vanity Fair move buy Thick as Thieves Brian Meloy, the operations manager for Central Medical Equipment in Harrisburg, Pa., brought this to my attention recently. Here's what Brian wrote: As I was having my coffee and...

Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol dvdrip I had an interesting conversation with an anesthesiologist at a cookout this past weekend. It turns out, that like HMEs, Medicare loves to cut reimbursement for anesthesiologists. In fact, Medicare typically pays anesthesiologists 30 cents on the dollar, compared to 80 cents on the dollar for other MD specialists. Not surprisingly, anesthesiologists are unhappy about this situation. After talking to this guy for 20 minutes or so, I think I've discovered...

.!. The Wall Street Journal, in an article published yesterday, took another dig at the home medical equipment industry. The article, written by John Steele Gordon, questions the "government's track record in running economic enterprises." One of the examples Goron offers up: Medicare. Here's what he writes: Other than the source of its premiums, Medicare is no different, economically, than a regular health-insurance company. But unlike, say, UnitedHealthcare, it is a bureaucracy-beclotted nightmare,...

Here's the text of a press release issued today by the Pennsylvania HME association. We'll release some hard facts from the study on national competitive bidding later, but in a nutshell, this report demonstrates once again that NCB "is really just an anti-competitive scheme that is being unleashed on America’s elderly, infirmed and disabled,” says PAMs Executive Director John Shirvinsky. PITTSBURGH, Pa – A new study was released today by the Pennsylvania Association of Medical...