Created to recognize women’s contributions to the HME marketplace, deadline for entries is Sept. 15.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 04, 2016
Products & Technology
As providers continue to explore how they can expand their retail sales revenues, they are coming face-to-face with an unavoidable reality: e-commerce. Businesses large and small are selling online, and customers want to buy online. How should providers shape their e-commerce plans, and what are the key considerations they must keep in mind?
- By David Kopf
- Aug 01, 2016
Problem Solvers
There are multiple reasons why oxygen providers should establish POC education programs. Various experts examine those reasons and how providers should implement such programs.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 01, 2016
Observation Deck
Still an everyday reality of healthcare, facsmiles can be mishandled by even the most efficient provider. How can efaxing help fix the problem?
- By Steve Bainnson
- Aug 01, 2016
HME Retail Sales
HMEB talks to several retail experts to get their insights into 15 techniques any provider can implement to increase its retail revenues.
- By Joseph Duffy
- Aug 01, 2016
HME Retail Sales
While retail offers considerable revenue potential, it is not worry-free. HMEB discusses the legal ins and outs of cash sales.
- By Joseph Duffy
- Aug 01, 2016
A round-up of some of the latest retail-oriented HME products on the market that any provider can start offering to its cash sales customers.
Editor's Note
July's setbacks to rural relief legislation were extremely frustrating, but the fight's far from over and there are reasons to feel optimistic.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 01, 2016
Business Solutions
After considerable and concerted lobbying work on the part of providers, industry leadership, Congressional champions and other HME advocates, relief from national expansion cuts for rural providers was stymied not once, but twice. What happened, and how can the industry reapproach advancing some form of rural relief?
- By David Kopf
- Aug 01, 2016
Effort will not only help better benchmark the industry, but provide much-needed data on true impact of competitive bidding.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 28, 2016
Complex rehab practitioner and advocate helped advance the cause of protecting patient access to high-quality CRT.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 28, 2016
Industry’s allies in the upper chamber say they will help push rural relief when Congress returns to the Hill in Sept.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 28, 2016
While Senate hotline looked to put legislation on a fast track to approval, a last-minute hold stalls out rural providers’ reprieve from full bid expansion cuts. Industry considers next steps.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 15, 2016
CMS releases 2015 to 2025 projections of national health expenditures; 2016 spending projected to grow by 4.8 percent.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 14, 2016
The Senate has put its version of the recently approved House rural relief bill on ‘hotline,’ which is typically a 24-hour fast track to approval.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 14, 2016
GF Health Products will donate DME to help international charity that delivers free healthcare services to medically underserved nations.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 11, 2016
New site doubles down on product info, including 360-degree views, videos, resources for providers and clinicians.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 11, 2016
AirSep POC to incorporate a variety of features requested by providers and patients.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
As advocates work with Congressional leadership, providers, patients urged to lobby Senators and Representatives to compromise, advance rural relief to President by July 15.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
Sleep veteran brings more than 30 years’ experience in management, sales, and distribution.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
Bid limits on items covered by bid program would be based on fee schedule set prior to when bidding prices were set.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
Acquisition of Southeast provider will expand National HME's reach as DME provider serving hospice industry.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
Effort will demonstrate the true cost of providing DMEPOS items to Medicare beneficiaries.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
While House sit-in stalled PADME vote, Representatives approve a delay that would push second round of expansion cuts to Sept. 30.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 06, 2016
As July 1’s full rate cuts loom over rural providers, AAHomecare urges for continued grassroots advocacy as it might still secure a retroactive reform.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 30, 2016