Tag: Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation
Industry ‘on the edge’ of strategic shifts
March 3, 2026Liz Beaulieu, Editor
PHOENIX – The durable medical equipment (DME) industry has strong growth ahead, including a projected 17% increase in the next few years. But providers must adapt quickly to an evolving payer landscape, said a panel of experts at Medtrade on March 2.
“At the highest level, DME is growing,” said Alan Morris, senior vice president of strategy and business development for VGM & Associates. “DME is growing faster than hospitals and skilled nursing...
HQAA names new executive director
February 2, 2026HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – The Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA) has announced that Executive Director Rhonda Pearce is retiring and will be replaced by Craig Douglas. Pearce joined HQAA in 2005 and has been the organization’s executive director since 2016. During her leadership, she further developed and modernized HQAA’s programs and contributed time and resources to better the surrounding community. “We would like to thank...
AOs process changes amid accreditation’s new normal
January 9, 2026Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – Accrediting organizations (AOs) have some breathing room thanks to a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to phase in its new policy requiring annual resurvey and reaccreditation for DMEPOS providers.
In a provision summary following a Nov. 28 final rule, CMS clarified that a provider’s annual resurvey and reaccreditation cycle will not begin until the expiration of its current three-year cycle, if issued prior to Jan. 1,...
VGM Sleep Services earns HQAA accreditation
June 20, 2024HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa—VGM Sleep Services has earned accreditation from the Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation (HQAA), which now designates them as one of only a few outsourced clinical service programs in the post-acute homecare industry. “I could not be prouder of our team here at VGM Sleep Services,” said Boone Lockard, vice president of clinical services, VGM & Associates. “This milestone signifies the commitment we are making to create the most intuitive and...
Vendors to harness 'Las Vegas energy'
February 22, 2016John Andrews
LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas is the perfect venue for Medtrade Spring because its quick-paced vibe has a positively infectious effect on the show, exhibitors say.
“It has a different energy—a Vegas energy—that adds to attendee expectations,” says Mary Nicholas, executive director for the Waterloo, Iowa-based Healthcare Quality Association on Accreditation.
Medtrade Spring is a short show, running from Feb. 29-March 2 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Even so, short doesn't...