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Portable Oxygen

Business Solutions

Taking Portable Oxygen To the Next Level

Portable oxygen can revolutionize respiratory providers' businesses, but there’s no room for half measures. Providers must approach this business with open eyes and an open mind. We talk to experts to see how HMEs can take their portable oxygen businesses to the next level.

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Accelerating Your Urological Business

These four, easy-to-implement sales strategies can help you maximize your market reach into this crucial category.

Registration Open for Washington Legislative Conference

AAHomecare’s May 23-24 legislative event gives HME stakeholders an opportunity to directly lobby lawmakers and staff on HME interests, issues.

David Kopf

Editor's Note

A Trend Takes Root

Remote patient monitoring will soon become a permanent fixture in portable oxygen care.

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Products & Technology

HME's Spring Fling

It's time for Medtrade's annual spring fling. Once again, Medtrade's Las Vegas sister show has arrived, and this year's attendees will be treated to an expo showcasing a bumper crop of new HME offerings. HMEB takes a look at some of the highlights.

HCPCS Codes Impacted by CURES Medicaid Limits Updated

AAHomecare records 244 reimbursement codes now subject to Medicaid reimbursement limits per the CURES Act.

HME Legal Expert Passes Away

Civil liberties leader and healthcare law specialist Neil Caesar succumbs to complications related to long-term illness.

Industry Preps for Rural Relief Advocacy Effort

For the next 3 weeks, advocates and providers will work to convince lawmakers that they must get behind H.R. 4229’s provisions.

Whitehouse Budget Includes HME Proposals

Budget package proposes policy changes such as competitive bidding revisions and eliminating face-to-face requirements.

Grassley Presses OMB's Mulvaney on Rural Relief IFR

Iowa Senator wants to know what steps OMB director's office is taking to release rural relief IFR.



AAHomecare, ATS Brief Capitol Hill Staff on HME Access

Advocates, stakeholders meet with legislative staff on the negative impact of competitive bidding on patient access to needed equipment.

VGM Rolls Out Retail Workshops

VGM Retail Services slates Brick by Brick, a series of retail training sessions running throughout 2018.

Industry Prepares for Medtrade Spring

The March 27-29 event returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Industry Advocates to Brief Congressional Staff

AAHomecare, American Thoracic Society will meet with legislative staff on how competitive bidding has impacted patient access to needed equipment.

Product Solutions

Portable Oxygen Concentrators

POCs have become far more reliable, economic, small, and lightweight. We round up some key portable oxygen offerings on the market.

The Legal Aspects of Using Data for Marketing

Industry legal expert Jeffery S. Baird, Esq. examines the key legal considerations when using you patient and collections data to drive marketing efforts.

Accreditation's Strategic Value

DMEPOS accreditation isn't simply a Medicare obligation; it can set your HME business apart. Let's look at some key ways it accomplishes that.

David Kopf

Editor's Note

Asking The Right Questions

Providers should start asking fundamental questions about where they stand in the world of post-acute care. The answers could point the path to HME's future.

Problem Solvers

The Wound Care Opportunity

How should providers consider wound care-related products and services as a means to drive diversified revenue?

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Business Solutions

The Time is Now

This year represents accreditation renewal time for a large segment of the HME provider industry. Bearing that in mind, we talked to some accreditation experts to get their input on how providers can ensure they renew their accreditation in a fast, efficient, effective and thorough manner.

Advocates Continue Pushing Interim Final Rule

AAHomecare urges providers to replicate MAMES effort to drive adoption of IFR that would resume blended rates for rural providers.

AuditKey Offers Sneak Peak at Benchmarking Report

Prototype of the audit survey data shows a variety of ways providers can compare their audit performance to the industry.

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Coaching vs. Managing

The entire approach toward sales team development needs to evolve toward coaching. Here's how to implement a sales coaching approach.

VGM Releases 'Playbook' for HME Businesses

Downloadable guide aims to help provider owners and management respond to key industry trends.

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Products & Technology

Harvesting HME Claims and Patient Data

Providers are increasingly reaching out to new markets as they hunt for new revenue opportunities, such as in-store retail, e-commerce, facilities-based care, and private payer. We examine how providers can use the data they collect to construct and disseminate effective marketing messages that will win those new customers.

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