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Wednesday, September 08, 2010
The Subcommittee on Health Announces a Hearing Being Held on September 15
The notification below was provided by Representative Bruce Bra... Read More
Friday, September 03, 2010
Rural Areas Will Be Impacted by the Competitive Bidding Program
Many providers and members of Congress in non-competitive bid areas ar... Read More
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
CMS Rejects Congressional Request to Release Bid Winners, Ensure Transparency
In a letter to Representatives Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) and Ralph Hall (R... Read More
Monday, August 30, 2010
Invacare, AAHomecare, and VGM Send Letter to Sebelius on Competitive Bidding
Following a meeting last week with HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, In... Read More
Friday, August 13, 2010
Harkin Visits VGM
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and... Read More
Friday, August 13, 2010
Altmire-Hall Letter Earns 136 Signatures
Early last week Representatives Jason Altmire (D-Pa.) and Ralph Hall (... Read More
Friday, August 06, 2010
Urge your congressman to sign onto the Altmire/Hall letter
All providers must contact their congressmen TODAY to urge him/her to... Read More
Friday, August 06, 2010
REMINDER: Harkin Event in Waterloo is on Aug. 10!
On Tuesday, Aug. 10, Van Miller and Jim Walsh of VGM; Cara Bachenheime... Read More
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Congressional Sign-on Letter Requesting Round One Bidding Information
Representative Jason Altmire (D-PA) and Representative Ralph Hall (R-T... Read More
Friday, July 09, 2010
"Do I Want This Competitive Bidding Contract?" Free Web Presentation is NOW AVAILABLE
Presented by:
John Gallagher, VP-Government Relations
A... Read More
Friday, July 02, 2010
Call to ACTION: It’s Time to Get “Hopping Mad”
It should come as no surprise that CMS made their announcement of the... Read More
Thursday, July 01, 2010
CMS Claims "Benefits" of Competitive Bidding as "Winning" Bid Prices are Release
As anticipated, CMS has released the “winning” bid prices... Read More
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Baucus, Grassley Praise House Passage of Bill to Reverse Doctor Payment Cut

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking... Read More

Tuesday, June 29, 2010
CALL TO ACTION:
At the dawn of CMS’ “winning” bid announcement, VGM... Read More
Monday, June 28, 2010
Discuss Competitive Bidding with us Today at 11 am CDT
The “Lunch Bucket with John Gallagher” will be airing a li... Read More
Friday, June 25, 2010
Competitive Bidding: Bid Rates Unlikely to Be Released Today
Because of a June 10 Inside Health Policy report, many DME prov... Read More
Friday, June 25, 2010
House Approves Temporary ‘Doc Fix’
The House yesterday approved the Senate`s "doc fix," which p... Read More
Friday, June 18, 2010
ALERT! House Members Go Home without Doc Fix; CMS Tells Contractors to Process 21 Percent Payment Cu
According to the Congress Daily (see article below), the Senate failed... Read More
Monday, June 07, 2010
Industry Ready when Lid Comes Off the Bidding Kettle
ATLANTA—HME advocates took advantage of the congressional recess... Read More
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Government Wants to Create Jobs, While CB Eliminates Them - Contact your Local Media and Raise Aware
Competitive bidding will cost more than 100,000 jo... Read More
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Time to Raise the Volume Level
It is critical that House leadership move quickly to advance and pass... Read More
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Raise Awareness - VOTE TODAY!
Ms. Wheelchair Iowa, 2009 Asks for Your Support... Read More
Monday, May 17, 2010
Competitive Bidding Still Talk of the Town
LAS VEGAS--As the reality of Round 1 grows closer—CMS should rel... Read More
Monday, April 19, 2010
HR 3790 Reaches the Magic Number
The bill that would repeal the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding program has... Read More
Thursday, April 08, 2010
King Visits VGM
Earlier this year, VGM scheduled a meet and greet with Congressman Ste... Read More
Friday, March 26, 2010
STOP "COMPETITIVE BIDDING" FOR DME
<... Read More
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
HEALTH: `VOTE-A-RAMA` Set to Start Tonight
The Senate is set to start its "vote-a-rama" on amendments t... Read More
Monday, March 22, 2010
HEALTH: House Approves Senate Bill, Fixes
The House took a historic vote late Sunday night to approve an overhau... Read More
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
State Associations and VGM Visit the Hill
Yesterday, VGM’s John Gallagher joined state association leaders... Read More
     
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