Distributors see home care as winning market
12/16/2019Medical supply distributors and manufacturers are turning their attention to the rapidly growing field of home health care. They are also realizing something that may come as no surprise to...
View ArticleMiriam Lieber’s 2020 checklist
01/10/2020A New Year’s Resolution is “a promise to do something differently in the new year,” according to Merriam Webster.For the HME industry, a few ways “to do something differently” in the new year...
View ArticleLeadership and clinical roles in pandemic response
03/04/2020The recent coronavirus pandemic is a good reminder that we should be planning now for the next pandemic. And the one after that. These events are matters of “when” they will hit, not...
View ArticleCQRC to CMS on coronavirus outbreak: We need your help to remove barriers to...
03/13/2020Editor’s note: The following letter was written by Dan Starck, chairman, Council for Quality Respiratory Care, and sent to CMA Administrator Seema Verma.I am writing on behalf of the Council...
View ArticleRelaxed HIPAA requirements for telehealth encounters during the COVID-19...
03/22/2020On March 13, 2020, the Trump Administration announced regulatory flexibilities to help health care providers and states to respond to and contain the spread of coronavirus. Included in the...
View ArticleThe Paycheck Protection Program from A to Z
Matthew Fischer04/13/2020To aid businesses and their employees during the coronavirus crisis, the Small Business Administration is offering loans, called Paycheck Protection Program loans, up to a...
View ArticleDon’t underestimate the ‘sidekicks’
04/17/2020With COVID-19 permeating every aspect of our lives and our media experience, we look for the good in our communities and continue to celebrate the front-line workers: health care staff,...
View ArticleMedtrade 2020: Pondering possibilities
06/09/2020ATLANTA – What will the Nov. 2-4 Medtrade look like in 2020? Wider aisles, sanitation stations, dedicated entrances/exits and reimagined registration areas are all on the table. The Medtrade...
View ArticleUnlocking the front door: Keys to reopening your business safely after COVID-19
06/22/2020The coronavirus pandemic’s effect on daily life has been unprecedented, and everyone—including business owners—has looked forward to returning to normal (in whatever shape that takes)....
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The new reality of patient-as-payer
09/18/2020LillianPhelpsSteveIngel.jpgIn theory, health care consumerism is a straight-forward idea: Shifting costs to consumers, typically in the form of high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), gives...
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