Nearly 60 Homecare and Patient Advocacy Groups Urge Congress to Repeal Medicare's "Competitive" Bidding for Home Medical Equipment and Services
In Open Letter to Congressional Leaders, 58 Patient Advocacy Groups and Home Medical Groups Call for End to Bidding Program ARLINGTON, Va., July 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter signed by 58 patient advocacy groups and home medical equipment associations, the American Association for Homecare urged Congress to pass H.R.

Seniors and People with Disabilities Will Pay Steep Price for Medicare's 'Competitive' Bidding Program for Home Medical Equipment
Homecare Association Calls for an End to the Controversial Bidding Program that Will Cost Thousands of Lost Jobs and Business Failures and Will Not Save Money for Seniors WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seniors and people with disabilities who rely on home medical equipment and services will pay a steep price under Medicare's controversial and mislabeled "competitive" bidding program for durable medical equipment.

South Carolina Home Medical Providers Call on Congress to Preserve Homecare as an Option for Seniors and People with Disabilities
WEST COLUMBIA, S.C., June 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Providers of home medical equipment and services across South Carolina are proposing a fiscally responsible alternative to the mislabeled "competitive" bidding scheme currently under way in Medicare that will actually discourage competition, reduce access to care for many of the more than 700,000 Medicare beneficiaries, and put dozens of South Carolina homecare providers out of business.

Southeastern Medical Supply Introduces Monthly Web Specials
Popular online medical supply company rolls out addition of monthly product discounts.

New Jersey Home Medical Providers Call on Congress to Preserve Homecare as an Option for Seniors and People with Disabilities
JACKSON, N.J., June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Providers of home medical equipment and services across New Jersey are proposing a fiscally responsible alternative to the mislabeled "competitive" bidding scheme currently under way in Medicare that will actually discourage competition, reduce access to care for many of the state's 1.3 million Medicare beneficiaries, and put hundreds of New Jersey homecare providers out of business.

Wolf Medical and I-Flow Settle Patent Case out of Court
SUNRISE, Fla., May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Wolf Medical Supply, Inc. and I-Flow Corporation, a division of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, have settled out of court ending the patent dispute regarding the Redi-Floâ„¢ Infusion Pump.

QuickMedical Launches Medical Equipment Lease Program With Providence Capital
The demand for new medical equipment continues to increase among heath care facilities. QuickMedical has recognized the need to offer hospitals, medical clinics, and other health care facilities the option of leasing new medical equipment versus paying cash or long-term high interest rate financing.