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Author: Paula Patch

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  • October 1, 2006

    Need Is Growing for Beds/Support

    Recent studies predict tremendous growth in the beds and support surfaces market within the decade. But the market is plagued with reimbursement woes
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  • September 1, 2006

    Size Matters

    The market for pediatric home medical equipment has a great deal of potential for providers willing to put in the effort. Consider the patient base: children,
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  • September 1, 2006

    Meet the Future Of Patient Compliance

    You probably recall the classic series The Jetsons, a children’s cartoon that imagined a future in which housekeepers were pleasant robots, cars flew
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  • August 1, 2006

    Moving Right Along

    Across the board and across the numerous patient applications included in the lifts, ramps and transfer device segment of the home medical equipment industry
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  • May 1, 2006

    Playing by the Rules

    Although manufacturers acknowledge the power wheelchair market may be flat at present, they say this is not cause for alarm. The attitude stems, in part,
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  • November 1, 2005

    Earning from Learning

    If you want to be successful in business, you’ve got to grab an opportunity when it comes your way. Great Lakes Home Healthcare Services in Erie, Pa.,
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  • October 1, 2005

    Viva Bien!

    In 2004, more than 40.4 million Hispanics 14 percent of the total U.S. population were living in the United States. This makes Hispanics the largest and
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  • September 1, 2005

    Doing the Right Thing

    Lee Conn, president of Birmingham, Ala.-based MediRest, calls it karma. For every little thing we’ve done when no one’s looking, we have without fail
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  • September 1, 2005

    Rebel with a Cause

    Even a motorcycle accident that left him a ventilator-dependent quadriplegic at age 21 won’t keep Rick Davidson off a Harley especially when that Harley
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  • September 1, 2004

    Focusing on Patient Care

    The push to move beyond basic delivery and into equipment- and patient-management has been a long time coming in the home medical equipment industry.
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  • August 9, 2004

    What’s going on with e-CMNs

    Electronic document exchange (EDE), including the electronic certificate of medical necessity, or e-CMN, has been inching through the HME pipeline for several years.
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  • August 1, 2004

    Plugging into HME IT

    What’s the One Product that can help you control your future? Your computer.
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