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VGM Group Buys HME News Owner

HME member service group buys United Publications, which produces HME News, as well as other business publications and events in the HME and security industries.

Competitive Bidding Summit Slated for June 5

Nashville event will give attendees deeper understanding of Round 2021, and especially how to bid under lead item pricing.

AAHomecare to Recognize Stockert with Mal Mixon Legislative Advocate Award

Association notes Barb Stockert’s long-running work on behalf of providers at the national and state level, with involvement not just with AAHomecare, but statement associations, as well.

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Business Solutions

Exploring CBD

Pain management has been a key category for many HME providers. Now CBD represents a key market opportunity for those businesses, but it also represents entirely new territory. How do providers move into the CBD market?

Special Edition of HMEB Podcast Explores Ways to Expand Resupply

For episode 007, Two resupply experts explain how providers can apply lessons learned in sleep therapy to resupply programs in categories such as incontinence, diabetic supply and enteral nutrition.

Morgan Dopplick

Provider Strategy

Reinventing HME Resupply

Optimizing resupply programs for increased profits is expanding beyond sleep. What lessons can we apply?

David Kopf

Editor's Note

Hey, is This Thing on?

We've launched a new service and I'm pretty excited about it. Let me tell you more.

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Business Solutions

Ideas for Growth

Providing respiratory products and services continues to be a business beset by declining reimbursement. We interviewed several experts who offered up more than 30 pro-tips to help oxygen providers add revenue and widen margins.

Problem Solvers

Next-Level Referral Management

Providers need to ditch the old spreadsheet and tap into the tools offered by HME software to manage their referral partnerships.

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Business Solutions

Using the Accreditation Multi-Tool

The role that accreditation plays in HME has expanded beyond a simple Medicare requirement. Providers can use it to differentiate in their market and even take advantage of new opportunities. How can providers maximize its value?



Product Solutions

Senior Products

HME providers can carry a wide-range of senior care products that can help seniors live safely in their homes.

Jeff Baird

Observation Deck

Retail: A Separate Legal Entity

What are the advantages of setting up a cash business as a separate legal entity, and what are the licensure, prescription and notice requirements?

iLevel Hits 25,000 Users

With broad consumer use of the seat elevation system, and funding from an expanding spectrum of payers, Quantum Rehab works to convince Medicare that it too must fund the technology.

Maker of Unique Compression Tech Scores $1.8M NIH Grant

Recovery Force will use the grant to complete development of a new DVT prevention and recovery device and begin testing on patients.

PurWell Takes Gold at Medtrade Spring

Other two winners of the Providers’ Choice Awards include easy-to-change bed linens and a heated blanket.

Medtrade Spring Enjoys an Upswing

Annual industry conference and expo sees double-digit growth in the number of HME providers attending the show.

Round 2021: Do You Understand Lead Item Pricing?

CBIC, AAHomecare, industry experts all emphasize the need for providers to start using lead item pricing calculators and educate themselves on the pricing method well before Round 2021 bidding begins.

Oklahoma Poised to Exempt HME from Sales Tax

Ongoing advocacy work by OMEPA results in both chambers approving H.B. 1262, which would free HME items from the Sooner State’s sizable sales tax; Governor poised to approve.

Video

DreamWisp: A New Take on Over-the-Nose Masks

HMEB finds out more about Philips’ new mask that leverages recent lessons to take a new approach to the over-the-nose cushion.

New Bill Protects Manual CRT Devices from Bidding

House lawmakers re-introduce language that would exempt manual complex rehab chairs from bid program and also protect accessories for those chairs.

VGM Releases Heartland Details

The 18th edition of the Waterloo, Iowa event takes place June 10-12, and will feature a mix of familiar and new educational offerings.

Latest HMEB Podcast Digs into Round 2021

Episode 006 examines key elements of the new round of the competitive bidding program and why providers need to start acting now; also offers details on upcoming legislative events.

Providers Prep for Medtrade Spring

The industry is getting ready for the latest edition of the conference and expo, which runs next week in Las Vegas from April 16-18.

N.C. Provider Craig Rae Joins NSBA Leadership Council

Owner of Penrod Medical Equipment joined to tackle issues facing small providers, such as tax reform, healthcare costs and the impact of regulations and the ACA.

Industry Reacts to Massive Medicare Fraud Bust

In one of the biggest healthcare frauds in U.S. history, the Feds round up DMEs, telemarketers and medical professionals in a $1.2 billion orthopedic brace scam; various industry insiders share their perspective.

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