The HME Newswire Jan. 14, 2008
Accreditation help on the way, CMS says
BALTIMORE - CMS will hold quarterly conference calls to address questions and concerns about accreditation, officials announced during last week's Open Door Forum.
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Scooter Store to Congress: Say no to rehab carve out
NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas - The Scooter Store sent a letter to a "handful of congressional offices" last month, making its case that complex rehab should not be carved out of national competitive bidding.
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Providers size up presidential possibilities
YARMOUTH, Maine - Like a chorus from a song off Sgt. Pepper's, respondents to the most recent HME NewsPoll had this to say of the industry's fate under the next presidential administration: "It can't get no worse."
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NRRTS debuts tele-seminars
LITTLETON, Colo. - In another move to make continuing education opportunities more accessible to rehab technology suppliers, NRRTS will host five tele-seminars starting next month.
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In brief: Acquisitions, product challenges and more
ATLANTA - Graham-Field finished off 2007 with a bang, announcing Dec. 31 that it had acquired Lumiscope, a medical equipment manufacturer that does a lot of business with Wal-Mart, Walgreens and other national chains.
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