Company reaches $4.8 million goal to develop and scale in-house manufacturing of its unique walkers.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 07, 2018
2018 HME Business Handbook: Oxygen
How respiratory providers offering portable oxygen services can maximize their efficiency gains.
Provider Strategy
Do you meet government HIPAA expectations? Here's what the government expects from HME providers.
- By Wayne van Halem
- Jun 01, 2018
Product Spotlight
Philips rounds out its line of DreamWear sleep therapy masks with a full-face option, while maintaining an emphasis on patient engagement.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 01, 2018
2018 HME Business Handbook: Oxygen
Remote device and patient monitoring are making in-roads into oxygen therapy. What do oxygen providers need to know?
2018 HME Business Handbook: Accreditation
Accreditation represents much more than an obligatory paperwork requirement that comes up for renewal every three years. it’s an opportunity to use the process as a means to sharpen their business strategies.
Editor's Note
What could this important security technology mean for our industry? It turns out, a lot.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 01, 2018
2018 HME Business Handbook: Compression
Compression products are an excellent method for reaching the women’s health market, but it's not a slam-dunk. What do providers need to keep in mind?
2018 HME Business Handbook: MSO
Building a highly effective team requires education. How can an MSO membership help?
2018 HME Business Handbook: Enternal Nutrition
Given the patient population and variety of products, providers looking to expand their revenues should look into enteral nutrition.
Business Solutions
Four steps that will help you eliminate dysfunction, foster trust, and get groups of disparate individuals to come together for the big win.
- By Mona Sabah Earnest
- Jun 01, 2018
2018 HME Business Handbook: Home Access
Home access can help providers tap into a vast retail market, but as the complexity goes up, a partnership might make sense. How should you approach?
Observation Deck
What's your five-year plan when comes to your retail revenue?
- By Wayne Slavitt
- Jun 01, 2018
Agency adjusts reimbursement as mandated by the recently released IFR. New rates run June 1 through Dec. 31.
- By David Kopf
- May 31, 2018
In another technology buy, ResMed expands its post-acute software offerings, this time for home health and hospice agencies.
- By David Kopf
- May 31, 2018
Early registration for annual HME industry trade event to begin in approximately three weeks.
- By David Kopf
- May 31, 2018
Using CMS’s recently released IFR to show an acknowledgement that the bid system is broken, Washington Legislative Conference attendees push for broader relief and reforms.
- By David Kopf
- May 24, 2018
A collaborative effort between VGM Education and FIOS DME Repair Training is designed to offer training and certification for DME and CRT repair technicians.
- By Joshua Bolkan
- May 23, 2018
New researchsuggest that a combination of home oxygen therapy and non-invasive ventilation are effective treatments and less costly than alternatives.
- By Joshua Bolkan
- May 23, 2018
New research increases the estimate of people suffering from sleep apnea nearly 10-fold to more than 936 million.
- By Joshua Bolkan
- May 23, 2018
The findings of a new retrospective study suggest that topical oxygen is an effective treatment against recalcitrant wounds.
- By Joshua Bolkan
- May 23, 2018
Study examines obstructive sleep apnea prevalence in patients with quadriplegia.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 21, 2018
Despite the short duration and limited reach of relief, association says the IFR sets the stage for broader efforts.
- By David Kopf
- May 17, 2018
Among Coleman's advocacy achievements are the Grassroots Accountability Project and a state law requiring HME providers to have a physical location.
- By David Kopf
- May 17, 2018
Pride Mobility's Mississippi-based power lift recliner manufacturing plant has seen more than 50 percent growth since opening in 2016.
- By Joshua Bolkan
- May 17, 2018