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CPI zigs and zags: up, down and up

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12/31/2001

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WASHINGTON - The frosting that CMS spread over last summer's CPI increase has lost a little of its sweetness, but providers are still better off than they were in 2000.

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Managing Editor

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12/31/2001

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Do your part: Help Arnie make the cut
When it comes to sales and marketing, few would venture to mention the HME dealer in the same breath as P.T. Barnum.

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'Saks Fifth Avenue' of mail order uncorks TV ads

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12/31/2001

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CLEARWATER, Fla.

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Aetna to slash 6,000 jobs

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12/31/2001

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HARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna U.S. Healthcare is slashing 6,000 jobs, or 16% of its work force, saying it did not need as many employees given lower membership levels and the com-pany's withdrawal from certain markets.

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Lincare agrees to pay U.S. government $3.15 million

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12/31/2001

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CLEARWATER, Fla. - Linacre agreed to pay the U.S. government $3.15 million last month to settle charges that two of its California operations improperly billed Medicare for home oxygen equipment, therapeutic ventilators and albuterol sulfate.

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Permobil ramps up U.S. operation

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12/31/2001

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LEBANON, Tenn. - Larry Jackson, a former home medical equipment provider, has climbed the rungs to the top spot at Permobil. The company promoted him last month from vice president and COO to president.

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New Year mysteries

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12/31/2001

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At the end of the year, there are a lot of things afoot in the HME industry, or on its margins, that I just don't understand. To wit...

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RDI's Powell sentenced to federal prison

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12/31/2001

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MOBILE, Ala.

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Medicare bills offer providers relief

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12/31/2001

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WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives passed two bills last month intended to lighten Medicare's regulatory burden on providers, but don't look for immediate ratification on either.