HME Business: Management Solutions, Technology, and Products -- HME Business

VGM Wraps Its 20th Annual Heartland

Emphasizing attendee safety, VGM assembled nearly 1,000 providers and HME industry professionals for three days of education and events in Waterloo, Iowa this week. 09/16/2021
AAHomecare: ‘Add Your Voice’

In the run-up to its Sept. 29 Washington Conference, the association reminds HME providers that it can’t make new meeting requests after Sept. 22, so they must register right away for the upcoming virtual lobbying event. 09/16/2021
LifeWalker Unveils Upwalker Neuro

The latest version delivers the same features as the original UPWalker along with enhanced safety to help those with neurological and movement disorders. 09/16/2021

ADMEA Wraps Fall meeting

Sept. 8 marked the Alabama DME association’s first in-person meeting in more than a year, which included a mix of on-site and Zoom-enabled educational sessions. 09/16/2021
DMEscripts Formed by Industry Leaders

New alignment with some of the largest HME providers, as well as AAHomecare and VGM, will help drive the adoption of e-prescribing for home medical equipment. 09/09/2021
CPAP Therapy Helps Sleep Apnea Patients Live Longer

Continued CPAP use as directed increased patients’ survival rates over a three-year period, according to a ResMed-backed survey of French OSA patient data. 09/09/2021
Providers Prep for Heartland

Next week marks the 20th anniversary of the VGM event, which features an in-person format with mask and social distancing guidelines, as well as virtual educational sessions. 09/09/2021
NEMEP Opens Fall Virtual Education Week Registration

The event offers multiple days of online education sessions from the Northeast association. NEMEP is targeting 2022 for its return to in-person events. 09/09/2021

Product Solutions

The Latest Sleep Therapy Offerings

Despite supply chain problems, sleep providers have to keep on top of market and product changes in order to ensure they're delivering optimal outcomes for patients and referral partners. Here are some of the latest products and services. 09/16/2021
Observation Deck

Preparing for the Next Surge in Claims Audits

With the COVID-19 audit pause well behind us, multiple indicators show CMS is quickly resuming audits in a big way. What do HME providers need to know? 09/09/2021
Product Spotlight Video

BiliTouch Prioritizes Affordability and Portability

Motif Medical’s recently debuted phototherapy blanket comes in at a low price point while aiming to improve therapy and ease of use. 08/30/2021
Podcast

Sleep Therapy: No-Touch Resupply

Resupply sits at the center of sleep therapy providers’ ongoing quest to improve patient outcomes and business efficiencies. Now a new technological approach seeks to take that to the next level. What is it, what’s involved, and what other HME categories could use it? 08/24/2021
Podcast

The Delta Variant and HME’s Supply Side

Spectrum Medical’s Steve Ackerman explains how, just as the Delta variant is starting to impact post-acute care, HME providers’ costs have really started ramping up. What can be done? 08/19/2021