The HME Newswire Dec. 31, 2007
Accreditors: Sept. 30, 2009, isn't as far off as it seems
YARMOUTH, Maine - CMS's Dec. 17 announcement of a Sept. 30, 2009, deadline for mandatory accreditation may have been lost in the holiday hullabaloo, but accrediting agencies expect that to change after the first of the year.
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M&A market for HME lukewarm, with few exceptions
YARMOUTH, Maine - The year in mergers and acquisitions closed with a whimper for an HME industry still in the "doldrums," say analysts.
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Group launches rehab conference
WASHINGTON - NRRTS, with the help of NCART and the University of Pittsburgh, has launched an educational and legislative conference in a major play to boost provider participation.
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Q&A: John Walsh
MIAMI - As president of the COPD Foundation, John Walsh knows a thing or two about this growing and crippling disease. At 57, he's lived with Alpha-1, a hereditary condition that causes COPD, for 17 years. In November, the foundation partnered with Dey Laboratories to help the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute raise public awareness of COPD.
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In brief: COPD, Oxygen Plus and more
LONDON - Clinical trial results show Glaxo's Advair has an edge over Pfizer's Spiriva in treating patients with COPD, Reuters reported last week.
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