Region Information Update

Dear Mideast Region Members, Hope all is well. Happy Spring!! The MER Board will be meeting April 9th in Dayton, Ohio to work on issues that were discussed at the membership meeting in October. We thank the Indiana Conference Planning Committee for their hard work and...

Government Affairs Update – Summer 2015

Government Affairs Update by Anne Carl, BSN, RN, CWON Email: cwon2009@gmail.com On June 22, 2015 the WOCN® Society submitted comments in response to the need for Medicare reimbursement for compression therapy to a US Senate finance committee looking at chronic care...

MER Government Affairs – 2014 Update

The Obama administration has redesigned healthcare.gov. The changes will begin for open enrollment session which begins November 15, 2014. The Department of Health and Human Services on 9/24/14 released a report that projects $5.7 billion this year in uncompensated...