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OPGA, Össur name award recipients 

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OPGA, Össur name award recipients 

March 12, 2024HME News Staff

WATERLOO, Iowa - OPGA and Össur Americas have named Matthew Jones as the 2024 recipient of the Russell Walker CP, LP Emerging Leader Grant, and Kelley Berk as the 2024 recipient of the Todd Eagen Advocacy in Action Memorial Grant. “On behalf of Össur and OPGA, we are privileged to announce Matthew and Kelley as the recipients of these two grants that will provide professional development opportunities for the future leaders of O&P while memorializing the impact that Rusty Walker and...

Award, Grant, Orthotic & Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA), Orthotics, Ossur, Prosthetics


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NRRTS names award winners

April 20, 2023HME News Staff

PITTSBURGH – NRRTS awarded Carey Britton, ATP/SMS, CRTS, and Elaine Stewart, ATP, CRTS, with the Simon Margolis Award at the 38th annual International Seating Symposium, which took place April 13-15 in Pittsburgh. The organization also honored Steve Cranna with a Leadership Award and named Mark Sullivan an Honorary Fellow. Additionally, NRRTS gave Gerry Dickerson, CRTS, an immediate past president of the organization, a Lifetime Achievement Award. NRRTS presented the awards on April 14 during...

2023, Award, Complex Rehab, Gerry Dickerson, International Seating Symposium (ISS), National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Simon Margolis Fellow, Steve Cranna


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BOC honored for customer engagement

April 12, 2023HME News Staff

OWINGS MILLS, Md. – The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) is a winner in this year’s Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. This is the organization’s 11th Stevie Award since 2013. BOC won a Bronze Stevie Award for Sales and Customer Service in the new “Best Customer Engagement Initiative” category. This new category recognizes organizations distinguishing themselves through customer engagement initiatives creating a positive customer experience and increasing...

Award, Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC)


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In brief: Homecare Champ, new home infusion code, supplies survey, seat elevation comments

March 24, 2023HME News Staff

DALLAS – Kam Yuricich has been named the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion for her achievements as the executive director for OAMES and the Great Lakes Home Medical Equipment Association.  Yuricich will be honored at the Stand Up For Homecare reception at Medtrade in Dallas on Wednesday, March 29.  “Kam is a star and a stalwart for HME,” says Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president and CEO. “She’s brought home bottom-line wins for her members and she’s also...

2023, AAHomecare, Award, Home Medical Equipment (HME), Kam Yuricich, Medtrade, National Home Infusion Association (NHIA), Owens & Minor, Power seat elevation, Tandem Diabetes Care, Van G Miller Homecare Champion


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Kam Yuricich to be recognized as Homecare Champion

March 23, 2023HME News Staff

DALLAS – Kam Yuricich has been named the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion for her achievements as the executive director for OAMES and the Great Lakes Home Medical Equipment Association.  Yuricich will be honored at the Stand Up For Homecare reception at Medtrade in Dallas on Wednesday, March 29.  “Kam is a star and a stalwart for HME,” says Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president and CEO. “She’s brought home bottom-line wins for her members and she’s also...

2023, AAHomecare, Award, Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association, Kam Yuricich, Medtrade, OH Assoc of Medical Equipment Services (OAMES), Van G Miller Homecare Champion


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NRRTS seeks nominations for annual leadership awards 

February 28, 2023HME News Staff

LUBBOCK, Texas – NRRTS is accepting nominations for several annual awards: the Leadership Award, Distinguished Service Award, Consumer Advocate of the Year and Simon Margolis Fellow. The organization will accept nominations for the awards until March 17. “Each year, NRRTS’s board of directors awards individuals and groups who have contributed to the advancement of CRT through leadership, advocacy or distinguished service,” the organization states. “The board wants to...

2023, Award, Complex Rehab, Leadership, National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers (NRRTS), Nomination, Simon Margolis Fellow


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OM, HSDA recognize diversity 

December 28, 2022HME News Staff

RICHMOND, Va. - Owens & Minor and the Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance (HSDA) have announced the winners of the 2022 Supplier Diversity Awards. The awards, which honor the legacy of Earl G. Reubel, recognize people and organizations that demonstrate an active, sustained commitment to advocating for greater supplier diversity in the health care supply chain for diverse or underrepresented populations. Winners were chosen in three categories:  Civic Leader of the Year: Carey...

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Binson’s Sherry Krug named 2022 WOY

December 15, 2022HME News Staff

WATERLOO, Iowa – Sherry Krug, vice president of business development at Binson's Medical Equipment & Supplies, has been named the 2022 HME Woman of the Year.  “Thank you. This is such an honor and beyond any expectation that I had,” said Krug. “The women that are here today are so special and all so deserving of this award." Krug, who joined Binson’s in 2020, oversees operational functions for all of the company’s locations. She has expertise...

2022, Award, Binson's Medical Equipment & Supplies, HME Woman of The Year, Sherry Krug, VGM & Associates


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BOC names Terri McLeod award winner 

December 13, 2022HME News Staff

OWINGS MILLS, Md. - The board of directors of the Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) has named Theresa “Terri” McLeod, CMF, COF, as the 2022 recipient of the Jim Newberry Award for Extraordinary Service. The award recognizes outstanding individuals who perform extraordinary service to BOC, the community of stakeholders the organization serves and those who live out the superior example modeled by Newberry during his more than four decades in the field of orthotics and prosthetics....

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Provider of the Year: Bellevue Healthcare 'packs a lot of punch'

November 1, 2022Tracy Orzel

BELLEVUE, Wash. – The last three years have been chock-full of logistical, fiscal and emotional challenges for HME providers, but if it wasn’t for the pandemic, this year’s HME Provider of the Year, Bellevue Healthcare, might never have applied.  “I think we realized that we went through something big and we came out of it stronger,” said Bryce Schaffner, executive vice president, business development. “We realized that if we can make so many changes...

2022, Award, Bellevue Healthcare, HME Provider of the Year


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