AMARILLO, TX - In the years leading up to the pandemic, health care delivery had been shifting towards telehealth. This made sense because many...

NASHVILLE - On January 8, the State of Tennessee announced that its “block grant” waiver request for TennCare (the state Medicaid program) was...

MESA, AZ – Phoenix-based Valley Medical Supplies has been acquired by Copper Star Home Medical Supplies (Mesa, Arizona). With this acquisition,...

AMARILLO, TX - These are strange times. I was hoping that 2021 would be calmer. Unfortunately, it has not started out that way. Notwithstanding all...

BILLINGS, MT - Eric Ecker, manager at St. Vincent Medical Supply and Mobility, Billings, Montana, never intended to be in the DME business. As a...

WASHINGTON, DC - On Dec. 21, 2020, both the House and Senate passed a COVID-19 relief bill that included provisions addressing a Medicare payment...

AMARILLO, TX - Back in the nineties, a number of hospitals entered the DME space by either owning 100% of a DME operation or co-owning a DME...

WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday, AAHomecare submitted supplemental comments to the DMEPOS Rule (CMS-1738-P). AAHomecare provided additional comments on...

PHOENIX – As reported last week in Medtrade Monday, AZ MediQuip, a privately-owned (retail only) DME company in greater Phoenix, recently received...

ATLANTA – Peering through the telescope of industry journalism offers a specialized look at the DME industry. Articles about providers, advocates,...