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
The fifth annual MedTech Breakthrough Awards program recognized the system, which is designed to address common challenges in HME patient collections.
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
Managing HME inventory in the field is hard enough, and the COVID-19 pandemic made it even trickier. How should providers tackle this?
- By David Kopf
- Mar 04, 2021
Document offers guidance on protecting patients and employees under the current public health emergency.
- By David Kopf
- May 21, 2020
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
Association statement and infographic outline ways that healthcare workers can prevent pressure injuries from N95 respirator masks, which have a high risk for injury due to need for a tight fit.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 30, 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
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
Across the country, providers of varying care categories and business models are developing best practices and common protocols for sales, patient visits, deliveries, telehealth, referrals relations and operations, according to survey interviews.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 31, 2020
Business Solutions
Not every provider is at a point where they can outsource their revenue cycle management, but that doesn’t mean they can afford to skip RCM entirely. What tools do providers have on-hand to build their own RCM solutions?
- By Holly J. Wagner
- Mar 01, 2020
Problem Solvers
Providers are only scratching the surface of what is possible with patient communication tools.
- By Haley Samsel
- Feb 01, 2020
Human resources rank as a heavy hitter to HME providers’ bottom line, but a California company is offering a unique, cost-saving solution.
- By David Kopf
- Jan 08, 2020
Problem Solvers
HR costs can be a problem for HME businesses. One provider that has launched a hiring agency might have just the right solution.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 01, 2019
Product Spotlight
All sorts of industries have tools to help them manage their equipment 'fleets.' Quality Biomedical aims to bring that to its customers with Q-Connect.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 01, 2019
Provider Strategy
Optimizing resupply programs for increased profits is expanding beyond sleep. What lessons can we apply?
- By Morgan Dopplick
- May 01, 2019
Business Solutions
It could be that the key to getting tighter control of your bottom line is to let go of some parts of your business to your distributors. How are providers outsourcing some elements to increase margins and free staff to focus on care and service?
- By Holly J. Wagner
- Apr 01, 2019
Business Solutions
It could be that the key to getting tighter control of your bottom line is to let go of some parts of your business to your distributors. How are providers outsourcing some elements to increase margins and free staff to focus on care and service?
- By Holly J. Wagner
- Mar 25, 2019
Merging with HME buying group Red Moby positions the company for rapid expansion, says CEO.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 30, 2018