Agency warns consumers not to use specific adult portable bed rail models manufactured during specific years by Mobility Transfer Systems and Metal Tubing USA.
Provider Strategy
- By Rob Baumhover
- Jun 01, 2022
Podcast
Offering protection plans for retail HME items can benefit both patients and providers in many ways, and it turns out implementing them doesn’t require much.
- By David Kopf
- May 23, 2022
Gov. Pritzker poised to sign legislation that would remove sales tax for retail transactions of breast pumps and related supplies starting July 1.
Video Interview
The idea of offering product protection plans to HME patients might seem like new ground, but there are multiple reasons why they should consider them. Expert Sean Stapleton takes a deep dive.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 07, 2022
What DME items should be sitting on your retail shelves? We take a look at some key product categories that any pharmacy specializing in DME products should offer.
This year’s edition of the HMEB New Products of the Year Award saw 15 winners across a variety of categories. We take closer look at what makes the 2021 award winners so special.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 01, 2021
Editor's Note
Vendors and providers might want to revisit retail pricing policies.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 01, 2021
The purchase will let the two brands combine resources and capabilities to serve a broader range of customers with a wider range of product offerings.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 01, 2021
The respiratory equipment notes that its Purify 03 devices are made for cleaning accessory items such as masks and tubing, not the core PAP therapy devices where PE-PUR foam is located.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 24, 2021
The feature-heavy rollator is designed to help users upright for improved comfort and confidence.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 10, 2021
Now named the EXP PRO, the batteries can be used to power PAP devices while traveling and offer features that make them well suited to even more rugged activities, such as camping.
Using UVC to kill COVID-19, the mask offers a lower-cost alternative to help healthcare workers decontaminate N95 masks for reuse.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 10, 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
Observation Deck
How much can a Medicare supplier's retail business charge for the items they supply to beneficiaries?
- By Jeffrey S. Baird
- Dec 01, 2020
Provider Strategy
What are some of the top strategies that retail HME providers have implemented to continue serving customers during COVID-19? What ones will last?
- By Rob Baumhover
- Dec 01, 2020
New anti-inflammatory cream marries CBD with traditional analgesics to give providers and patients a product with no THC.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 21, 2020
There are some unexpected categories that can help providers keep their revenues flowing despite the public health emergency. A primary example is active-support footwear.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 03, 2020
Purchase of Long Beach-area retail provider of mobility devices, bath safety and lift chairs expands Eppic’s reach to Southern California HME users.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 23, 2020
The new addition to HME manufacturer’s Lumin disinfectant family of produces uses UVC output to sanitize surfaces.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 16, 2020