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Medtrade Preview

Medtrade Preview

HME Goes Back to School

As students return to school, providers return to this year's edition of Medtrade to take advantage of the event's professional education opportunities.

orthopedic retail option

Products & Technology

Unlocking New Retail Revenue: The Orthopedic Option

Retail sales have been an increasingly important element of providers' revenues. The key is to find niches that can help expand those cash sales receipts. Bearing that in mind, orthopedic softgoods and related offerings have become an important opportunity to expand retail revenues. We look at various aspects of serving this important market segment.

Observation Deck

The Interoperability Imperative

HME providers must implement bi-directional data communications with other healthcare providers -- now. Snooze and you’ll lose relevance.

Provider Strategy

esMD: Your Secret Weapon

CMS offers a key methodology to help providers follow-up on documentation requests for audits, PMD prior authorization and appeals.

AAHomecare Adds Administrative Associate

Lindsay Mudd brings range of skills, experience to national HME industry association.

Average Audit Appeal Processing Time Surges to 714 Days

AAHomcare analysis shows a whopping 2122% increase in DMEPOS-related audit appeals over past 8 years.

Drive, DeVilbiss Continue Integration

Once completed the two companies will join under a single brand in the Americas.

MedFORCE Technologies, Universal Software Solutions Team up

Software integration aims to streamline workflows, eliminate duplicate data entry, and ensure instant access to vital information at all times.

Survey Urges Oxygen Professionals to Sound Off

HMEB, RM hosting seventh annual oxygen market survey covering topics such as clinical treatment, increasing COPD diagnosis, audits, competitive bidding.

Brightree, VGM Fulfillment Offer No-Fee Integrated Interface

Brightree customers can use with direct-to-patient CPAP supply shipping service to reduce costs and achieve faster reimbursements.



Drive Medical to Acquire HurryCane

DME maker will offer the break-out brand of all-terrain canes to its provider and retailer network.

Rep. Price: Bidding Must Be Fixed by Year’s End

Lawmaker and HME industry champion tells GAMES members that all providers must fight unsustainable program.

CMS Releases 2017 Round One Re-Compete Timetable

Notably, the length of contracts for 2017 edition of Round One is two years, rather than three.

BOC Experts Collaborate to Update Tests

Subject matter specialists work to renew all of accrediting organization’s certification exams.

Providers Back CRT Protection

AAHomecare members urge lawmakers to add their names Senate sign-on letter asking CMS to rescind bidding-derived cuts to rehab chair accessories.

Sunrise Medical Adds Handicare’s Mobility Division

Acquisition of Netherlands-based mobility business will broaden Sunrise’s offerings, give company a global market reach.

How Does Patient Monitoring and Data Collection Work?

The big arena for patient monitoring and patient data collection is in sleep therapy. How does it work?

Editor's Note

Taking ICD-10 Action

The most pertinent of those requirements today should be ICD-10, but many providers still don’t know what it is. Fortunately, there's help.

patient data

Business Solutions

A Measured Approach

Today's healthcare market is focused on driving down costs while improving outcomes. Concurrently, information technology has given providers reams of patient data. How can providers use this data to advance in the new healthcare landscape?

Observation Deck

Identifying DME Deficiencies

On-site visits from accrediting organization The Compliance Team help shed some light on deficiencies that DMEPOS providers commonly share and how they should address them.

power mobility

Products & Technology

Mobility's Great Leap Forward

As mobility providers struggle with lower reimbursement rates and complete upending of their business models, the manufacturers of power mobility products are creating devices that address changing industry and care trends.

HME Retail Cash Sales

HME Retail Sales

HME Retail Avengers

HME providers are undergoing a transformation. Don your cape and don't be afraid to take the leap from retail novice to cash sales superhero status.

Retail Financials

HME Retail Sales

Retail Financials 101

As HME providers dig deeper into cash sales, they are discovering that the nuances of properly managing retail finances can pay big dividends.

VGM Raises Kauten to CIO; Duryea Named as Forbin President

Kauten to focus on VGM’s technology optimization; Duryea to ply USMC and distribution background to Forbin.

Bill Launched to Protect Complex Rehab Accessories

Rep. Zeldin (R-N.Y.) intro’s H.R.3229 to prevent competitive bidding-derived pricing from being applied to CRT accessories.

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