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MED University goes public with new courses

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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LUBBOCK, Texas - After a year and a half as a private educational resource for MED Group members, MED University is going public.

Florida Medicaid releases RFP for competitive bidding; HMEs vent anger

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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TALAHASSEE, Fla. - Now that Medicaid has released an RFP for its competitive bidding project, HME providers are no longer in the dark, but they still can't see well enough, and a lot of what they do see, they don't like.

Praxair acquires $25M HME company

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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DANBURY, Conn. - Praxair Healthcare Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Praxair, the largest industrial gas company in the United States, acquired Alpine Medical last month.

'It's time that it stopped'

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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Petit responds to negative home obstetrics study

Is manufacturer / customer separation crumbling?

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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ELYRIA, Ohio - Is the once inviolate church-and-state separation between the man-ufacturer's customer and the HME provider's customer crumbling? Some think so.

Legal

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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NEW YORK - A New York Supreme Court judge granted a temporary restraining order against Mel Lev, the former CEO and "principal member" of the Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP), and other members of his family.

Fear and trembling

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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The call comes in to the HME provider hotline at 10 p.m. - it's Mrs. Jones, a new Medicare oxygen patient and she has an emergency. Please come right away!

NRRTS turns up volume

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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LAGO VISTA, Texas - The National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS) will amplify efforts to market its memberships to Medicaid programs across the country during its annual Leadership Conference in August.

Conservers

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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Doctors shy away from Medicare

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HME News Staff
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03/31/2002
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NEW YORK - A significant number of doctors are refusing to take new Medicare patients for the first time because of a recently enacted 5.4% cut in reimbursement to physicians who participate in the program, according to The New York Times.

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