Tag: Nomination
NRRTS seeks nominations for annual leadership awards
February 28, 2023HME News Staff
LUBBOCK, Texas – NRRTS is accepting nominations for several annual awards: the Leadership Award, Distinguished Service Award, Consumer Advocate of the Year and Simon Margolis Fellow. The organization will accept nominations for the awards until March 17. “Each year, NRRTS’s board of directors awards individuals and groups who have contributed to the advancement of CRT through leadership, advocacy or distinguished service,” the organization states. “The board wants to...
NRRTS seeks nominations for awards
August 4, 2021HME News Staff
LUBBOCK, Texas – NRRTS has put out a call for nominations for its Leadership Award, Distinguished Service Award, Consumer Advocate of the Year and Simon Margolis Fellow. The organization will accept nominations through Sept. 1 and will announce the recipients at the International Seating Symposium, Oct. 27-30 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. A select committee will determine the recipients. Requirements for the Leadership Award include significant advancement of NRRTS...
Nominations open for HME Woman of the Year
July 15, 2020HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa - VGM has begun accepting nominations for the 2020 HME Woman of the Year.
Now in its fifth year, the award recognizes one woman in the industry who has made increasingly significant contributions throughout her career to her company, community and the HME industry.
“The HME Woman of the Year award provides recognition and visibility for exceptional leaders in our industry,” said Clint Geffert, president of VGM & Associates. “Whether through advocacy work, sharing...
RESNA calls for nominations
March 29, 2019HME News Staff
ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The RESNA board of directors seeks nominations for the annual RESNA Awards. The awards recognize individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the field of assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering or their service to RESNA. “The response from RESNA's professional network is essential for our committee to identify those who have gone above and beyond promoting the health and well-being of people with disabilities through increasing...
RESNA seeks to fill three seats on board
March 1, 2019HME News Staff
ARLINGTON, Va. - RESNA seeks nominations for three members to sit on its board of directors, the organization announced on Feb. 26. RESNA will accept nominations until March 28. The new members will serve three-year terms from Aug. 2, 2018 to July 31, 2022. Requirements of the position: must be a RESNA member in good standing for three years preceding the nomination. Past board members have participated in and contributed to RESNA organizational activities (e.g. SIGs, PSGs, committees, boards and...
NRRTS seeks nominations
December 26, 2018HME News Staff
LUBBOCK, Texas - NRRTS is accepting nominations for the following awards: Leadership Award, Distinguished Service Award, Consumer Advocate of the Year and Simon Margolis Fellow. For requirements and to submit letters of nomination, email Weesie Walker, executive director of NRRTS, at wwalker@nrrts.org. Nominations must be received by midnight on Feb. 28. The winners of the awards will be presented at the 35th International Seating Symposium, March 18-22 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center...
Who's the top woman in HME?
June 19, 2018HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa - The nomination period for the 2018 HME Woman of the Year is open. Now in its third year, the award, sponsored by VGM, recognizes one woman in the industry who has made increasingly significant contributions throughout her career to her company, community and the HME industry. Last year, 38 nominations were received, with nominations representing providers, manufacturers, association execs and other professionals. Barbara Smith, CEO of Healthline Medical Equipment, took home the award...
NRRTS seeks nominations
January 11, 2018HME News Staff
LUBBOCK, Texas - NRRTS is accepting nominations for four awards: the Leadership Award, Distinguished Service Award, Consumer Advocate Award and the Simon Margolis Award. “The NRRTS board of directors wish to recognize certain individuals and groups who have contributed to the advancement of CRT through leadership, advocacy or distinguished service,” the organization stated. NRRTS will accept nominations until midnight on Feb. 28 and will present the awards at the 2018 NRRTS/NCART Conference...
Senate Democrats delay Price's confirmation
January 31, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee have boycotted a vote on President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., according to news reports.
The committee was scheduled to vote at 10 a.m.
Democrats boycotted the vote due to “truly alarming news” of a Wall Street Journal report that Price received a special discounted rate for stocks of an Australian pharmaceutical company called Innate Immunotherapies,...