Home medical equipment should play a starring role in the debate over health care reform.
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The serious problems with this rule demonstrate the need for real Medicare payment reform for oxygen therapy services.
DME providers should be adjusting business practices to reflect what the customer is actually paying for.
Follow up, follow through and reap the benefits of a business relationship based on trust and concern for the customer. That's a quality that will take you a long way in any business.
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An alarm without a snooze button can help with parasomnias.
Accident victim Barbara Esrig recently told her story on NPR's StoryCorps. A devastating car crash broke 164 bones and left her with five cranial paralyses.
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<em>HomeCare</em>'s 2009 Forecast Survey shows reality setting in as providers face the cap and the cuts.
How can HME providers best deal with the uncertainties of this new year? We asked the experts.
GPS technology can do more than help drivers find their way.
Providers must meet needs on both sides of manual wheelchair market.
Abundant Home Care, Poway, Calif., was looking for a more effective way of tracking vehicle performance for its fleet of 10 vans.
You might not be aware that CMS released an update to standards in October of 2008, so we have Final Standards once again!
Products including: Swift LT for Her; Embletta; Polaris EX CPAP with SoftX; Mojo Full Face SleepMask; Everest 3; SmartLink Patient Therapy Management System; and more.
Sleep apnea is as prevalent as adult diabetes and asthma. According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 18 million Americans
HME providers who focus on treating patients with sleep disordered breathing are faced with a harsh reality: The market continues to grow as more patients are being diagnosed and treated while reimbursement is decreasing among all payer sources.
Breaking Medicare dependence is one reason why growing your sleep business should become a well-thought-out and deliberate process for 2009.
Summarized are changes and what you as a provider must now adhere to in order to be in compliance.
For HME providers, there are clear benefits to having a supply replacement program.