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Medtrade West Expo Starts with Special Preview Night

The Welcome to Phoenix Preview Night from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday offers a chance to socialize and check out the exhibit booths.

AAHomecare Update: Leveraging HME’s Value

A central theme at Medtrade’s Wednesday AAHomecare Update will be how the industry can make the most of the value to U.S. healthcare it demonstrated during COVID.

Observation Deck

Made for the Challenge

The supply chain issues exposed by the Philips recall underscore the need for policies that fully recognize the importance of maintaining access to respiratory products.

Motion Picks Up Canadian Health Care Products

The purchase marks the first corporate location in the province of Manitoba for the rapidly growing Motion.

Strategy

Strategy

Sourcing Your Best HME Employee

You've hear of outsourcing, but have you heard of insourcing? There's a difference and a unique approach to HME staffing might be just the flexible option you need.

Proposed O2 Changes Include Industry Input

CMS’s proposed changes to oxygen National Coverage Determination incorporate many recommendations made by AAHomecare.

AAHomecare, ACMESA Protect N.C. Medicaid MCO Rates

The rate protections shore up legislative protections and will prevent an estimated $22 million in potential cuts to Medicaid MCO reimbursement for HME in North Carolina on an annual basis

Strategy

Strategy

Examining Your Delivery Costs to Increase Productivity

Implementing modern technologies will help turn your business into a leaner, more efficient delivery machine with lower fleet, fuel, and personnel expenses.

CAIRE Unveils myCAIRE Telehealth Solution

The app connects to CAIRE concentrators via patients’ smart devices, and its launch responds to the increased need and demand for telehealth solutions.

Pain Management

Pain Management

Ramping Up Your CBD Product Knowledge to Address Patient Needs

It's critical for providers that are offering CBD to understand how it works and how it benefits different types of clients.



Medtrade West Returns to a New Home with New Features

Medtrade's York Schwab says he's 'excited and hopeful' as the annual industry event for providers in Western states returns with an in-person event next week in Phoenix.

Phoenix

Products & Technology

Medtrade West Rides Again

Moving from Las Vegas to Phoenix, the annual July 12-14 conference and expo for providers in the West offers an expo packed with HME products and services. Here's a a showcase of more than 20 HME offerings that will be on display at the event.

New For Medtrade West: Team@Work's Sales BootCamp

The sales and leadership coaching firm brings its longtime in-depth sales training workshop to Medtrade for the first time, but the value of the program continues well beyond the event.

Registration Opens for Medtrade East

Lowest-possible SmartSaver rates are available until July 17 for the annual HME industry expo and conference , which runs Oct. 18-20 at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center.

Rehab Medical Appoints New CFO

Olga Chaikouskaya brings more than 20 years’ experience to the complex rehab provider, which has seen rapid growth since 2018.

AASM Posts Second Recall Webinar

Follow up to last week’s webinar discusses various topics from various areas of concern, including HME providers, on behalf of ventilator, pediatric and other patients.

Numotion Acquires Retail HME Provider SpinLife

The purchase will let the two brands combine resources and capabilities to serve a broader range of customers with a wider range of product offerings.

OxyGo Marks 1 Million Lives Helped With Oxygen Devices

Oxygen device maker celebrates the milestone with events that will run during the year, and donates to a school that also provides food and healthcare to its community.

AAHomecare Engages DME MACs on Philips Recall

Industry association contacts Medical Directors to convey challenges faced by providers and patients and asks for clarifications on points made in Noridian FAQ.

Quantum Unveils 4Front 2 Power Chair

Designed to incorporate feedback from users, ATPs and clinicians, the chair includes Quantum’s new Smart Traction Control and a number of other innovations.

Noridian Releases FAQs for Devices Under Philips Recall

Documents for DME MAC Jurisdictions A and D provide direction on coverage and billing impacts for devices falling under the Philips PE-PUR foam recall.

Sleep Therapy

Sleep Therapy

Sleep Therapy Compliance: The Mask Matters Most

The most significant component of adherence, from a device perspective, is the mask, and technological advancements and patient-centric mask solutions, optimized for specific DME business models, are driving new ways to improve patient compliance rates and successful business outcomes.

Accreditation

Accreditation

Using Accreditation to Sell Your Business

Prospective buyers will evaluate your operations, and if your HME business is accredited, then you will have the resources to make the process much easier.

Respiratory

Respiratory

Leveraging Infection Control in a Postpandemic World

You are already taking the necessary steps to create a safe environment for your customers — marketing the steps you have taken will allow you to stand out from your competitors.

Leckey Debuts the Firefly GottaGo

Part of a product group designed for special needs kids, the chair incorporates a variety of unique design features aimed at making toileting easier.

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