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Mail order madness?

Providers say patient care pays the price when care becomes less hands-on
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02/25/2013

YARMOUTH, Maine – When it comes to providing quality respiratory care, mail order just doesn’t cut it, say providers.

Vocation and avocation

Q&A with Norm McCombs of AirSep
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01/30/2013

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Norm McCombs, the senior vice president of research and development at AirSep, has hit a milestone or two in his long career as an engineer and inventor.

Calling all providers of home oxygen therapy

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

I love getting feedback from HME News readers, especially when they’re taking us to task.

In brief: PMD hearing, LCD update, ASP figures

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09/14/2012

WASHINGTON – A Senate Aging Committee hearing this week will focus on new Medicare prior authorization requirements for power mobility devices (PMDs). The hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, Sept.

Chart to buy AirSep for $180M

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07/26/2012

CLEVELAND – Chart Industries has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AirSep Corp. for $170 million in cash and up to $10 million in assumed debt, the companies announced this week.

Dear Ann Marie

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Friday, May 4, 2012

This rainy Friday afternoon, I was mindlessly scanning the headlines and the letters to the editor on the website of our local paper.

In brief: Licensure rules confuse bidders, Strike Force conducts record takedown

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05/04/2012

NEW ORLEANS – Providers who submitted bids in the New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, La., competitive bidding area became concerned last week that a recent licensure change on the National Suppliers Clearinghouse (NSC) website could disqualify them from the program.

POC manufacturer wins six bidding contracts

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11/09/2010

GOLETA, Calif. - When most HME providers said "No thanks" to Inogen's portable oxygen concentrator, the company said, "Okay, we'll do it ourselves." The result: Inogen won competitive bidding contracts in six cities: Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Dallas and Riverside.

Cardiosom: Fuel oxygen biz with physician trust

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10/31/2010

Tim Miller built a career as the physician's go-to guy, collaborating with them in businesses ranging from mobile cardiac catheterization labs to imaging centers. So when a group of cardiologists approached him in 2004 about getting into the sleep lab business, Miller put his healthcare management expertise to work in a new venture, MD Sleep, under parent company Dormir, based in Carmel, Ind.

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