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Apria plans stock buyback

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Apria Healthcare plans to repurchase up to $35 million worth of its outstanding common stock during the first two quarters of this year.

After Quickie woes, Sunrise promises a brand new day

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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LONGMONT, Colo. - Sunrise Medical is banking on the fact that the old adage about being stronger in the broken place can also apply to businesses.

Strategy

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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RAYMOND, N.H. - DME provider Lifeplus has divorced its lift division and renewed vows with one of its core businesses: rehab.

URAC to add DSM accreditation

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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WASHINGTON - A non-profit organization that accredits the utilization management programs of managed care companies now has plans to foray into accrediting DSM programs, too.

CMS: Healthcare costs soaring

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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WASHINGTON - Healthcare spending in the United States is projected to reach $2.8 trillion in 2011, up from $1.3 trillion in 2000, according to a report by the CMS.

Bridges to consumer groups must be built... by June

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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By most accounts AAHomecare's February Leadership Conference was a success.

OIG comes down hard on AWP

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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WASHINGTON - The OIG, in releasing its final report on average wholesale pricing (AWP) last month, recommended CMS require states to bring pharmacy reimbursement for generic drugs more in line with actual acquisition costs.

Incontinence products come 'out of the closet'

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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Sales of incontinence products ­ like so many other segments of HME ­ are rising with the swelling tide of potential new users in the marketplace.

Making a case: Testing service provides 'objective' data

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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One of the biggest disadvantages the HME industry has had in its futile campaigns against reimbursement cuts is providing product data that payers accept as reliable.

Rehab group submits first set of codes

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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ALEXANDIA, Va. - AAHomecare's Re/hab and Assistive Technology Council (RATC) expected to submit its first round of HCPCS descriptors and definitions for rehab products by the first of this month.

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