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
Supporting consumer credit plays a key role in retail sales. What do providers need to know to support healthcare-specific credit cards — and reap the benefits?
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2020
2020 HME Business Handbook: Credit
Consumer financing is becoming commonplace in post acute care, and that includes the HME industry. What do providers need to know in order to support healthcare credit cards — and reap the benefits?
Extra Photos — With an eye on upscale design, JTEK’s North Canton, Ohio location will provide immersive product displays such as full bathrooms, a bedroom and smart kitchen, while showing off larger items such as ramps, stairlifts, patient lifts and shower units.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 23, 2020
Products & Technology
Attendees of Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas will take in a motherlode of compelling products and services at the industry event.
- By Haley Samsel
- Mar 01, 2020
The company is calling the 22-product line, which features a new patent-pending CBD/CBDA formula, the first to be created under the direction of university researchers.
- By Haley Samsel
- Feb 20, 2020
More interactivity and a whole new format is in the works for AAHomecare’s Medtrade Spring Update. Association President and CEO Tom Ryan swings by the HME Business Podcast to share some details about what’s in store.
- By David Kopf
- Feb 20, 2020
Faisal 'RJ' Poonawala of Spring Branch Medical Supply in Houston explains how his provider business expanded into retail and shares some important lessons he learned along the way.
- By David Kopf
- Feb 13, 2020
Along with 35 other top exporters in Georgia, the HME product manufacturer received a 2019 GLOBE Award for its expansion into international markets.
- By Haley Samsel
- Jan 23, 2020
CBD represents a substantial market opportunity with lots of demand, but what does Federal and State law say? How do you make sure your business stands on solid ground?
- By David Kopf
- Jan 16, 2020
Want to get established in the CBD market? Position your business to be an expert resource with the knowledge and ideas to lead your customers through the array of product options.
- By David Kopf
- Jan 16, 2020
Annual Big Ten
As the HME industry rolls into a new year and a new decade, several industry trends make it look like we’re in for a roaring 2020. What developments have made it onto this year’s annual HMEB Big Ten list?
- By David Kopf
- Jan 09, 2020
Podcast
In the latest HME Business Podcast episode, Retail-only mobility and HME provider Wayne Slavitt of Mobül: The Mobility Store shares some strategic insights into how providers can become cash sales success stories.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 05, 2019