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Ackerman Joins AAHomecare Executive Committee

President of CEO of Spectrum Medical will serve as association’s Treasurer.

AAHomecare, CMS Meet on Face-to-Face

Association staff and members discuss face-to-face requirement and WOPD with agency.

AAHomcare Announces ‘Massive’ Audit Program

Audit Key effort will collect data that completely, accurately tracks impact of Medicare audits.

Retail Sales Marketing

The 2014 HME Handbook: Retail

How to Ramp up Your Retail Sales Marketing

While retail sales offer an opportunity to drive revenue through a provider’s existing customer base, as well as new clients, providers must take every opportunity to develop and deploy retail sales and marketing campaigns that will inspire patients and clients to come to their retail stores and visit their online storefronts in order to purchase DME on a retail basis.

Observation Deck

Making Sense of Face-to-Face

Compression Market

The 2014 HME Handbook: Compression

How to Tap into Compression Market Opportunities

Patient Outcomes Monitoring

The 2014 HME Handbook: Patient Outcomes Monitoring

How to Build New Services Through Patient Management

HME Documentation Policies

The 2014 HME Handbook: Documentation

How to Protect Your Business with Iron-Clad Documentation Policies

Accreditation

The 2014 HME Handbook: Accreditation

How to Renew Your Accreditation with a Team Approach

Buying Groups and MSO

The 2014 HME Handbook: Buying Groups/MSOs

How to Get the Most from Your Buying Group or MSO



CPM machines

The 2014 HME Handbook: CPM

How to Ensure Optimal Outcomes for Patients with CPM Devices

Home Access Business

The 2014 HME Handbook: Home Access

How to Expand Your Home Access Business

Home access has grown to be an important opportunity to help providers broaden their revenue streams and diversify their businesses. But providers need a plan. How can they build it?

Providing Support Surfaces

The 2014 HME Handbook: Support Surfaces

How to Re-approach the Business of Providing Support Surfaces

Thanks to competitive bidding Round Two, many providers of support surfaces have to re-approach how they do business. How can they reshape their support surface strategies and drive new revenue?

Oxygen Delivery

The 2014 HME Handbook: Oxygen

How to Adapt Your Oxygen Delivery to a Changing Market

It’s a safe bet to say that reimbursement will continue to drop while clinical expectations for better outcomes will increase. How can providers continue to adapt and drive even more efficiency from their oxygen business models?

Business Performance Software

The 2014 HME Handbook: Software

How to Use Software to Track and Improve Business Performance

Editor's Note

Repeating Ourselves

Expanding Sleep Business

The 2014 HME Handbook: Sleep

How to Expand Your Sleep Business via New and Existing Patients

Sleep providers need to determine how they can maximize the revenue that they have, while also looking into how they can tap into new market opportunities. Bearing that in mind, there are three key things they should study as they shape their growth strategies.

Providing Support Surfaces

The 2014 HME Handbook: Support Surfaces

How to Help Achieve Optimal Outcomes for Support Surface Patients

Providing Support Surfaces

The 2014 HME Handbook: Support Surfaces

How to Help Achieve Optimal Outcomes for Support Surface Patients

After assessing patient needs and providing a mattress, the support surface provider is involved in that patient’s care until the end, and that requires various elements of follow-through on the provider's part.

Harmar Appoints McCartney CEO, President

Founder Chad Williams steps down, will join Harmar’s board of directors.

Brightree, McKesson Reinforce Relationship

Software maker offers users e-purchasing transactions, set up for McKesson Direct with no frees attached.

Permobil Acquires TiLite

Wheelchair maker picks up manufacturer of titanium and aluminum manual wheelchairs.

Invacare, VGM Sign New Agreement

Multi-year deal extends a relationship between manufacturer and member group that began in 2007.

Providers Urged to Take Biannual Sleep Survey

Sleep providers giving HMEB, Needham & Company feedback on reimbursement, market conditions and care.

Senators Send Bidding Halt Letter to CMS

36 Senators join Sens. Thune, Casey, Hoeven in calling on Admin. Tavenner to pause bid expansion.

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