Tag: Award

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

ATLANTA – Blanor Products won the Gold Award as part of the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards at Medtrade East for its PottyCap portable urinal for women. The Motif Aura breast pump from Motif Medical won the Silver Award and the SitnStand standing-assistance system for wheelchairs from Life Assistant won the Bronze Award. All products were featured in the New Product Pavilion at Medtrade East and were voted as favorites by attendees. The awards are sponsored by HomeCare Media.