Updates and Going's On

What's New, What's Important, and Occasionally Some Mundane Stuff

January 25, 2011 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at GAMES in Atlanta, GA.

January 20, 2011 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at NEMED in Boxborough, MA.

January 19, 2011 - The 2011 BOC CPE courses are now available under the CE page.

January 12, 2011 - The 2011 AARC CRCE courses are now available under the CE page.

January 7, 2011 - The forms in the IRS section of the library have been updated. New W-2s, W-4s, and SS-4s have been added.

January 7, 2011 - The US DOT Breath Alcohol Testing form has been updated in the forms library.

January 6, 2011 - Medicare coverage criteria was updated for CPAPs, respiratory assist devices, hospital beds, and walkers.

November 16 - 18, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at MEDTRADE in Atlanta, GA.

November 3 - 4, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the OAMES annual meeting in Columbus, OH.

October 6 - 7, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the JAMES annual meeting in Long Branch, NJ.

October 1, 2010 - Long-time DMETRAIN subscriber, Scott Perkins of Bradley Medical Equipment, was quoted in this article in HMENews on some of the challenges that Tennessee providers are facing with BlueCross BlueShield.

September 29, 2010 - Medicare coverage criteria was updated for support surfaces, patient lifts, external infusion pumps, and diabetic shoes.

September 23, 2010 - Course W1900, Understanding SIDS has been added. This course covers Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and the minimization of risk factors.

September 23, 2010 - Course Y1100, The Role of the Manager has been added. This course covers aspects of management in today's challenging work environments.

September 16, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the NEMED fall membership meeting in Boxborough, MA.

September 15 - 17, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the Big Sky AMES conference in Montana.

September 1 - 3, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the MESA fall conference in Dallas, TX.

August 4, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the VADMEC annual convention in Virginia Beach, VA.

August 1, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the GAMES annual convention in Savannah, GA.

July 27, 2010 - Course W1820, Understanding Heart Failure has been added. This course covers the causes, risk factors, and types of treatments available for heart failure.

July 20, 2010 - Course W1815, Understanding Heart Attack has been added. This course covers the causes, risk factors, and types of treatments available for heart attacks.

June 28, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the RESNA annual convention in Las Vegas, NV.

June 23, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the NCAMES annual convention in Wrightsville Beach, NC.

June 2, 2010 - Course W1310, Understanding Breast Cancer has been added. This course covers the causes, signs and symptoms, and types of treatments available for breast cancer.

May 25, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the NEMED annual convention in Portland Maine.

May 24, 2010 - Wheelchair Options and Accessories has been added to the Medicare Coverage page.

May 20, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the PAMS convention in Seven Springs Pennsylvania.

May 18, 2010 - Course W1510 Understanding Obesity has been added.

May 12, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting in booth 1202 at the Medtrade Spring Convention.

April 30, 2010 - The CE History report was modified to generate certificates specific to the individual CE agencies.

April 30, 2010 - The suite of courses on Home Blood Glucose Monitors, D1340MC, P1620, P1620MC, and J1330MC, was updated.

April 22, 2010 - Course Q1200 and Course Q1330 on Inventory Control had minor edits applied.

April 14, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be Exhibiting at the New York State Medical Equipment Providers Association. Click HERE for more information!

April 13-14, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be Exhibiting and Presenting a session on Inventory Control at the Pacific Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers. Click HERE for more information!

April 7, 2010 - Course W1255, Understanding Asbestos Related Lung Diseases has been added. This course covers the causes, signs and symptoms, and types of treatments available for asbestos related lung diseases.

April 2, 2010 - Course W1200, Understanding Bronchitis has been added. This course covers the causes, signs and symptoms, and types of treatments available for bronchitis.

April 2, 2010 - The LCD page for CPAP devices has been updated to meet additional medicare requirements. You can read about these changes HERE.

April 1, 2010 - Congratulations to long-time customer Corner Medical on the opening of their new showroom, their sixth!

March 25, 2010 - Course D2250, Surgical Dressings has been added. This course covers the types of dressings available for the different types of wounds.

March 25, 2010 - Course V3300, Wound Care has been added. This course covers the types of wounds that may be encountered, treatments available, and strategies for healing and infection prevention.

March 22, 2010 - Course J1000, Introduction to Insurances, has been updated to reflect the change in Medicare Deductibles.

March 22, 2010 - Course J1100, Medicare and You, has been updated to reflect the change in Medicare Deductibles.

March 22, 2010 - Course D1120, Introduction to Insurances -- CSR, has been updated to reflect the change in Medicare Deductibles.

March 22, 2010 - Course V4140, Pharmacy Math I, has been updated to correct some symbols displaying incorrectly.

March 18, 2010 - DMETRAIN will be exhibiting at the NEMED Winter Membership Meeting today.

March 1, 2010 - Congratulations to long time DMETRAIN customer Oxygen One of Waukesha Wisconsin. They were first runner up in the respiratory category for the HME Excellence Awards in 2009. HMENews has an excellent article on the company here.

March 1, 2010 - Congratulations to Binson's Home Health Care Centers on the successful opening of a new branch in Altamonte Springs Florida!

March 1, 2010 - Congratulations to All-Med Services of Florida on the acquisition of Visiting Nurse Managed Care Corp. and Southeast Homecare Corp.

March 1, 2010 - Congratulations to ActivStyle on the acquisition of Advocate Medical Services

February 15, 2010 - A new course, W1245 - Respiratory Failure has been added. This course will be submitted to AARC for approval under their continuing education program.