2020 HME Business Handbook: Accreditation
Medicare accreditation has become a symbol of trust and expertise. Many private pay insurance companies have come to expect accreditation from providers, making it imperative to obtain the recognition even if the HME/DME business does not frequently bill Medicare for DMEPOS claims.
Business Solutions
As epidemiologists and public health officials first started warning about COVID-19, some HME providers were already making plans. How has the industry responded to the public health emergency? How have these changes impacted their businesses and patients? How has public policy adjusted? How might all these changes impact the future of the HME?
- By David Kopf
- Jun 01, 2020
2020 HME Business Handbook: Compression
Compression is a growing market must tap into. What are the elements of building an effective team?
2020 HME Business Handbook: Oxygen
Respiratory providers need help keeping track of not only the preventive maintenance for their equipment in the field, but simply knowing where their equipment is located! Fortunately there are solutions.
2020 HME Business Handbook: MSOs
Member service organizations such as the VGM Group and MED Group offer a wide variety of learning options for providers to raise their game.
2020 HME Business Handbook: Software
With constant innovation in HME software, providers should step outside of their standard operating procedure and consider trying out new ways of measuring their metrics.
2020 HME Business Handbook: Oxygen
Even without COVID-19 increasing the need for home oxygen, other disease states that have been served by respiratory providers aren’t going anywhere. In fact, they’re increasing. There are many ways to tap into that.
2020 HME Business Handbook: Sleep Therapy
Consistent patient communication, a key element of any successful resupply strategy, has become even more important during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Observation Deck
The COVID-19 crisis has forced us to adopt a set of new phrases and behaviors into our daily lives, but we can still do things to strengthen our lasting relationships with patients, caregivers, referrals, coworkers and all the people in our lives.
Joe Candiano, director of operations for New York provider Hampton Homecare, explains how his business rapidly rolled out new responses to COVID-19 and discusses the types of permanent post-acute changes that might result from the public health emergency.
- By David Kopf
- May 07, 2020
The COVID-19 PHE has created a lot of complication for oxygen providers, but there are some key ways to expand care and appeal to referral partners and patients that hold true regardless of the pandemic.
A Q&A with the three HME business leaders that formed the recently announced Spiro brand to get a deeper look at what motivated the merger, their branding, technology approach and strategy for serving their New England markets.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 23, 2020
In addition to the $30 billion COVID-19 relief fund, HME providers have seen a cascade of Federal and state regulatory changes, as well as new private payer funding guidelines. AAHomecare regulatory and payer relations experts Kim Brummett and Laura Williard take a deep dive into all of them.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 21, 2020
There are several items providers must understand when seeking help from the $30 billion relief fund serving providers during the COVID-19 health emergency.
- By The VGM Government Relations Team
- Apr 17, 2020
A shift in scams run by the types of bad actors involved in 2019’s $1.2 billion orthopedic brace fraud ring has new lessons HME providers should take a moment to understand.
- By Jeffrey S. Baird
- Apr 16, 2020
How do HME providers manage their COVID-19 risk and negate spread of infection? Accreditation expert Sandra Canally shares a truckload of specific, how-to tips for the storefront location, the warehouse and for deliveries out in the field.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 09, 2020
A collection of new products and services available to pharmacies that carry DME.
- By Holly J. Wagner, Haley Samsel
- Apr 01, 2020
e-prescriptions
Pharmacies have been handling e-prescriptions for some time, but the technology has reached the world of DME. How should DME pharmacies weigh the pros and cons?
- By Holly J. Wagner
- Apr 01, 2020
Business Solutions
Providers are amassing reams of data that could help them better understand their business and how they fit in their markets. Now, analytics tools and services are helping make sense of that data — and produce results.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2020
Online Presence
Your pharmacy's marketing success may depend on taking control of your online presence — even if you didn't know you have one.
- By Holly J. Wagner
- Apr 01, 2020