Medtrade Spring to Take Place March 21 - 23, 2006

Mid-year buying event for the home healthcare industry returns to Las Vegas with a focus on solutions.

Atlanta, GA - November 18, 2005

Medtrade Spring, the home medical equipment industry's mid-year buying and educational event, will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center on March 21 - 23, 2006 . The 2006 event, produced by VNU Expositions, will focus on new strategies, solutions and technologies for HME providers and other home healthcare professionals. Attendees of Medtrade 2006 will have access to over 70 educational sessions and over 450 exhibitors showing the most recent advancements in product innovation.

"Superior educational opportunities and access to product advancements are critical to the home medical equipment industry," says Art Ellis, group show director for VNU Expositions. "Medtrade Spring is prepared to deliver both, making this year's event one that cannot be missed."

Medtrade Spring is known for its exceptional educational offerings and the 2006 conference will exceed that reputation. The educational conference sessions will focus on accreditation, business operations, home health/clinical, information technology, legislative and regulatory issues, mergers and acquisitions, oxygen and respiratory, rehabilitation and assistive technology, reimbursement, sales and marketing, and sleep disordered breathing. The Medtrade Spring 2006 educational conference will take place March 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

In addition to the Medtrade conference program, the American Association for Homecare and Medtrade will present two pre-show conferences on Tuesday, March 21. The Continuum of Care conference will take place from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and a specialty reimbursement conference, The Brutal Facts...What's Real in Reimbursement for 2006, will take place from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Over 450 manufacturers of home medical equipment products and technologies will showcase their newest product developments, offer show specials and provide hands-on demonstrations during the Medtrade Spring 2006 Expo. The exhibit hall will be open Wednesday, March 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Thursday, March 23 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Attendees who register for Medtrade Spring by Feb. 13, 2006 , can receive special discounts on the conference and exposition. The early bird registration cost is $20 for the exposition and $145 for the educational conference, which includes all sessions and the exposition. Those interested in attending the Continuum of Care Conference and the day-long reimbursement conference can also take advantage of an early bird discount of $225 that includes the conference, all Medtrade Spring educational sessions and the exposition.

Medtrade Spring 2006 is being held March 21 - 23, 2006 . For more information about the event, please visit www.medtradespring.com or call (800) 933-8735. VNU Expositions' upcoming healthcare events include Medtrade 2006, scheduled for Sept. 19 - 21, 2006 , at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta , Ga. , and Medtrade Spring 2007, which will be held April 24 - 26, 2007 , in Las Vegas .

VNU Expositions produces more than 50 conferences and trade shows annually for professionals in fields ranging from health care and construction to jewelry and retail merchandising. VNU's expositions and conferences reach thousands of industry leaders each year in collaborative environments designed to inspire, inform and entertain. For more information, please visit www.vnuexpo.com.