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Finding Efficiencies in the Oxygen Market
- By Janis Rizzuto
- Sep 01, 2010
This topic hardly needs introduction. There isn’t a home care company in the market today that didn’t get the harsh reality check on July 1, when CMS announced the deeply discounted, competitively bid payment rates. So join industry advocates and associations as they fight back in Washington to change the program and get to work on your own business plan.
Read on for ways to stretch a buck and pinch a penny. Technology is your ally in this environment, as evidenced by the economies of home transfilling systems and portable oxygen concentrators. There’s a lot at stake, as you know, not the least of which is the future of your respiratory therapist staff.
This article originally appeared in the Respiratory & Sleep Management September 2010 issue of HME Business.
About the Author
Rizzuto is the editor of Respiratory & Sleep Management. She has more than 15 years of experience in health care business journalism, including eight years covering the home medical equipment industry.