Why Medicare accreditation plays an essential role in providing DME, how to get accredited, and how COVID-19 has impacted the process.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 01, 2020
Products & Technology
This year’s winners of our New Product Award offer up solutions that are the perfect fit for today’s HME business environment. Now in its seventh year, our provider-judged competition had 22 winners that are worth checking out.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 01, 2020
Business Solutions
Sleep providers had to tackle a tough learning curve during the early days of the COVID-19 public health emergency. What are the lessons they learned, the insights they gained, and how do they apply to the rest of the industry and possible future outbreaks?
- By David Kopf
- Dec 01, 2020
Editor's Note
If CMS's decision to punt on 13 categories left you feeling left out in Limbo, it's good news. Sort of.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 01, 2020
Products & Technology
We round up the latest HME software offerings to help ensure your business can adapt to whatever the market can throw at it — whether that’s reimbursement changes or a full-blown pandemic.
Product Profile
Starting with simple smartphone selfies from patients, the SleepGlad solution uses artificial intelligence on the back end to match them to masks from major manufacturers.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 19, 2020
The decision to punt on 13 categories might leave some providers feeling a little in Limbo, but AAHomecare’s Tom Ryan stresses the industry should notch this as a ‘W.’ That said, some rough edges remain and there’s still work to do.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 05, 2020
There are several reasons why finding the right people, training them, and keeping them engaged is more imperative than ever for HME providers.
- By Mike McKillip
- Nov 04, 2020
The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency has altered the accreditation process so that site surveys are now virtual. There are a few things to keep in mind because of this.
- By Kris Ravotti, RRT, RCP
- Nov 04, 2020
Continuing education and training opportunities helps DMEPOS providers demonstrate their commitment to clients, staff and governing organizations. What’s involved?
- By Mike McKillip
- Nov 04, 2020
What are the seemingly 'small' things that HME providers can address to ensure that they incorporate the four principles of ethics — and DMEPOS supplier standards — into their businesses?
- By Margaret “Peg” Terry
- Nov 04, 2020
Annual Advisory Board Roundtable
The public health emergency’s direct impact on day-to-day HME operations includes accreditation. What do providers need to know?
- By Sandra Canally
- Oct 29, 2020
Annual Advisory Board Roundtable
While Round 2021 is an unknown, the industry can focus on the grassroots effort to build support for legislation extending rural and non-bid area relief, as well as protecting oxygen funding.
Podcast
Sleep therapy provider Gary Sheehan re-joins the HME Business Podcast to catch up on what COVID-19 lessons providers have learned and how that will shape services going forward.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 20, 2020
Annual Advisory Board Roundtable
The next round of competitive bidding is just around the corner, but the industry has experienced complete radio silence.
- By Cara C. Bachenheimer
- Oct 13, 2020
Annual Advisory Board Roundtable
Legal expert Jeffery Baird discusses how the Public Health Emergency has already changed the legal landscape, and what else might be in store for HME providers.
- By Jeffrey S. Baird
- Oct 08, 2020
Products & Technology
Ready for lift-off? We’ve collected solar system of compelling HME products and services that’ll help your business expand its appeal to patients and referral partners. Check out our collection of more than 25 offerings.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 01, 2020
Business Solutions
Today’s senior market is different. They're willing to spend their own money on products that make a meaningful difference in their quality and enjoyment of life. Shat kinds of innovations must HME providers offer if they want to continue capturing the senior retail market?
- By David Kopf
- Oct 01, 2020
Business Solutions
2020 has been the year everyone would rather forget, with COVID-19 presenting the industry with a murder hornets' nest of complication in particular. What do the next few months hold for the industry? Our annual Editorial Advisory Board roundtable takes a look.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 01, 2020
Audit expert Wayne van Halem joins the HME Business podcast to discuss how CMS will phase its audits back in, and how providers should prepare.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 17, 2020