To tackle COVID-19, a number of solutions have been deployed to continue providing sleep therapy products and services to patients during the pandemic. How will that impact sleep care and business models after the PHE?
- By David Kopf
- Jun 02, 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?
Document offers guidance on protecting patients and employees under the current public health emergency.
- By David Kopf
- May 21, 2020
Observation Deck
The COVID-19 crisis has forced us to adopt a set of new phrases and behaviors into our daily lives, but we can still do things to strengthen our lasting relationships with patients, caregivers, referrals, coworkers and all the people in our lives.
Samantha Lincoln joins the mergers and acquisitions firm after working with Paragon to sell Pacific Pulmonary Services.
- By Haley Samsel
- May 13, 2020
Joe Candiano, director of operations for New York provider Hampton Homecare, explains how his business rapidly rolled out new responses to COVID-19 and discusses the types of permanent post-acute changes that might result from the public health emergency.
- By David Kopf
- May 07, 2020
The Nov. 2-4 conference is still being planned, and HME experts have until Thursday to submit proposals.
- By Haley Samsel
- May 06, 2020
Association statement and infographic outline ways that healthcare workers can prevent pressure injuries from N95 respirator masks, which have a high risk for injury due to need for a tight fit.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 30, 2020
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
A Q&A with the three HME business leaders that formed the recently announced Spiro brand to get a deeper look at what motivated the merger, their branding, technology approach and strategy for serving their New England markets.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 23, 2020
Redubbed Heartland At Home, the move was made to address COVID-19 concerns. The event will run as a virtual conference from June 15 to July 10 and will be free to VGM members.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 22, 2020
In addition to the $30 billion COVID-19 relief fund, HME providers have seen a cascade of Federal and state regulatory changes, as well as new private payer funding guidelines. AAHomecare regulatory and payer relations experts Kim Brummett and Laura Williard take a deep dive into all of them.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 21, 2020
A shift in scams run by the types of bad actors involved in 2019’s $1.2 billion orthopedic brace fraud ring has new lessons HME providers should take a moment to understand.
- By Jeffrey S. Baird
- Apr 16, 2020
How do HME providers manage their COVID-19 risk and negate spread of infection? Accreditation expert Sandra Canally shares a truckload of specific, how-to tips for the storefront location, the warehouse and for deliveries out in the field.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 09, 2020
Dr. Tim Paden, a family medicine doctor in Arkansas, will provide strategic guidance and oversight to chronic care management service provider’s clinical team.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 01, 2020
Business Solutions
Providers are amassing reams of data that could help them better understand their business and how they fit in their markets. Now, analytics tools and services are helping make sense of that data — and produce results.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2020
The Q3 2019 report finds that the median length of stay for hospice patients is 16 days, while 60 percent of home health referrals come from community sources.
- By Haley Samsel
- Apr 01, 2020
Online Presence
Your pharmacy's marketing success may depend on taking control of your online presence — even if you didn't know you have one.
- By Holly J. Wagner
- Apr 01, 2020
Across the country, providers of varying care categories and business models are developing best practices and common protocols for sales, patient visits, deliveries, telehealth, referrals relations and operations, according to survey interviews.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 31, 2020
HME experts and speakers can submit presentations, particularly for town hall/panel-style sessions, through May 1.
- By Haley Samsel
- Mar 25, 2020