2021 HME Business Handbook: Sleep Therapy
Users not being compliant with their CPAP therapy can occur due to many different reasons. What are they and how can providers help ensure adherence?
- By Apex Medical Clinical Research Team
- Jun 01, 2021
2021 HME Business Handbook: Sleep Therapy
With 46% to 83% of OSA patients not complying with therapy, how can providers use new innovations to pinpoint and address the factors undermining their adherence?
- By Carol Gaskamp
- Jun 01, 2021
2021 HME Business Handbook: Accreditation
When a site surveyor finds an accreditation deficiency, it's not the end, but rather a means to the end of improving your HME business's quality. Here are 10 deficiencies to keep in mind.
- By Jackie King
- Jun 01, 2021
2021 HME Business Handbook: Strategy
What economic factors related to billing are eating up your revenue, and how do you act to take back control of your bottom line?
- By Ronnie Hastings
- Jun 01, 2021
2021 HME Business Handbook: Strategy
You've hear of outsourcing, but have you heard of insourcing? There's a difference and a unique approach to HME staffing might be just the flexible option you need.
- By Todd Usher
- Jun 01, 2021
Podcast
As the industry rounds the bend out of COVID, HME providers can expect more patient demand and a broader set of needs from their clients and referral partners. Are they ready?
- By David Kopf
- May 20, 2021
News Feature
Narrowed supply chains are still bottlenecking product availability for providers as well as pushing prices higher. How is the industry responding?
- By Gordon Barnes
- May 06, 2021
Podcast
COVID-19 taught providers a lot in terms of infection control, telehealth and other aspects of their businesses. What lessons will stick around for the long haul and what things should they have been doing all along?
- By David Kopf
- Apr 29, 2021
Podcast
CMS relaxed telehealth regulations for CRT, but what are the technology tools available and how do providers implement it? Moreover, shouldn’t it be a regular part of the way care and business are conducted?
- By David Kopf
- Apr 21, 2021
Several months ago CMS threatened it would resume its claims audits. Now that is happening and audit expert Wayne van Halem provides the details on what’s happening and what providers need to know.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 07, 2021
Wound Care
Wound care expert Heather Trumm, BSN, RN, CWON, discusses how HME providers can find a path into a service category that covers nearly all the patient groups they serve.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2021
Editor's Note
We all want to get back to normal, but can we? What if we can make something better?
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2021
Business Solutions: Data
Providers create, collect and record incomprehensibly large amounts of data that can benefit their business. How have they been leveraging it, what are some best practices, and how will its use expand and improve?
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2021
Products & Technology
Here's a launchpad of compelling HME products and services that'll help your business boost its appeal to patients and referral partners — and hopefully help your revenues rocket upward.
Service Profile
As COVID-19 vaccines get rolling, an accreditation organization has launched a new immunization certification program for pharmacies, but the pandemic isn’t the only reason.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2021
Representing 50 percent of the population, women have unique needs that require unique products and services that DME pharmacies can provide. That said, pharmacies must also strive to provide knowledgeable, top-shelf care. What goes into accomplishing that?
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2021
Podcast
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, the HME industry is starting to anticipate what post-acute healthcare will look like going forward. Spiro Health’s Gary Sheehan offers his perspectives and insights.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 25, 2021
CBD
CBD has become a blanket descriptor for a range of chemical compounds that HME providers and DME pharmacies should more closely comprehend in order to help their clients.
- By Nick DiFrancesco
- Mar 25, 2021
Podcast
Going forward, providers' sales teams must implement a more robust sales process that integrates market data and CRM.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 16, 2021
Billing
Why outsourcing your HME prior authorization service is important in 2021?
- By Ronnie Hastings
- Mar 15, 2021