Competitive bidding expansion serves as wake-up call
03/25/2010Theresa FlahertyWASHINGTON For providers who have remained on the sidelines while the industry battles to stop competitive bidding, the expansion of the program should make one thing clear:...
View ArticleHealthcare reform: Industry ponders next move in new reality
03/25/2010Liz BeaulieuWASHINGTON With a stroke of President Barack Obamas pen, the HME provisions included in the Senates healthcare reform bill became law last week.H.R. 3590, passed by the House of...
View ArticleProviders 'play it safe'
04/26/2010Liz BeaulieuYARMOUTH, Maine – Some HME providers are putting off investing in their companies until they have a better idea what the future holds."Our philosophy right now is to play it...
View ArticleFirst-month purchase option: Industry shifts gears
Liz Beaulieu05/07/2010Instead of repealing the provision to eliminate the first-month purchase option for standard power wheelchairs, industry stakeholders are working with lawmakers to delay it."We've...
View ArticleLive blogging from HME Business Summit: Buckle your seat belts
Liz Beaulieu09/13/2010Professor Larry Van Horn, a self-professed "bitter evil little man," on the future of Medicare.Van Horn just asked attendees in the room to raise their hands if they would have...
View ArticleLinde of Germany to buy Lincare. SCOTUS upholds ACA. What’s the bigger story?
Liz Beaulieu06/28/2012It’s been a busy morning here at HME News world headquarters.In case you didn’t see the news reports late yesterday, Linde of Germany is rumored to be bidding to buy Lincare for...
View ArticleACA decision and NCB and MPP
06/28/2012Liz BeaulieuWASHINGTON – It was probably a long shot, anyway, but stakeholders now know for sure that the U.S. Supreme Court won’t save them from an expansion of competitive bidding or...
View ArticleAnalysis of Affordable Care Act: Expanding coverage holds promise for HME...
The wild card, says Asela Cuervo: ‘The overall effect of the law on increased access will depend on whether providers are in states that fully implement Medicaid expansion in 2014’ 08/24/2012Asela...
View ArticleReporter's notebook: Providers no fans of healthcare law
08/24/2012Theresa FlahertyWith so much of the national conversation in recent weeks focused on the Affordable Care Act, which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld in June, I decided to casually ask HME...
View ArticleWho do you want to rub elbows with?
Liz Beaulieu05/29/2015Health care is becoming less siloed.In my eyes, one of the larger goals of healthcare reform is to break down the barriers between different healthcare providers. A hospital can...
View ArticleObama makes his pick for CMS administrator
07/10/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Andrew Slavitt as CMS administrator, according to news reports.Slavitt has been acting administrator for CMS since...
View Article
