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Japanese Healthcare Professionals Visit Hospice Atlanta Center
 Mary Arthur, COO of Visiting Nurse | Hospice Atlanta, welcomes Hiroyasu Itoh, Chairman of Japan Abilities, Inc., to the Hospice Atlanta Center on August 25. Itoh is leading the charge to develop expanded services for Japan’s elderly population, including end-of-life care. He and a team of Japanese healthcare professionals visited the Center to learn about hospice management and staffing. This is the second time Itoh has visited the Center to learn how the organization handles end-of-life care.
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Retirement Community Breaks Ground For Upscale Expansion
(l - r) Sam Massell, president of The Buckhead Coalition; Steve Smilie, general contractor, Bovis Lend Lease; Andrew Nesi, The Bank of Scotland; Mark Kill, architect, THW Design; Debbie Taylor, president and CEO of Lenbrook; Brian Hogg, chairman of the Board of Directors of Lenbrook; and Mary Howe, president of the Lenbrook Residents Association break ground for Lenbrook's multi-million dollar expansion and renovation on Peachtree Road in Buckhead.
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Congressman Phil Gingrey (R-GA) Visits Hi-Tech’s Marietta Office
Congressman and Physician Phil Gingrey and staffers Jenifer Healy and John O’Keefe recently visited Hi-Tech Healthcare’s Marietta office to discuss legislation that will negatively impact seniors receiving home medical equipment services under Medicare. 
Standing l-r: Steve Stahlman, Vice President, Hi-Tech Healthcare, Inc.; Rep. Gingrey, Todd Tyson, President, Hi-Tech Healthcare; Janice & David Petsch, owners, Petsch Respiratory
Front: Mr. Franklin Congressman Gingrey and his staff met with a patient/client Mr. Franklin and other HME providers to learn more about the effect the caps on home oxygen and medical equipment will surely have on constituents as early as next year. The congressman was able to hear first hand from Mr. Franklin what it is like not to be able to breath and how being dependant on oxygen changes ones life. The congressman and his staff were also educated on the many different types of oxygen modalities and the maintenance and service required keeping patients independent in their home consuming fewer healthcare resource. Representative Gingrey has co-sponsored HR3559 (Hobson-Tanner) which remedies the provision in the Medicare Modernization Act to impose Competitive Bidding for HME in Medicare likely to hit Atlanta next year. The congressman continues to consider HR5513, the Home Oxygen Patient Protection Act which repeals the oxygen provision in the Deficit Reduction Act to cap home oxygen therapy after 36 months.
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