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New Executive Track at Medtrade Spring Offers Key Insights for Decision Makers

LAS VEGAS – Medtrade Spring, set for Feb 29-March 2, 2016, will feature a new set of educational…

January 11 2016

Caretailing on the Medtrade Spring Show Floor

ATLANTA – Many manufacturers from the Oct 2015 Medtrade are looking to maintain their momentum by exhibiting at…

January 4 2016

Physician Orthopedic Bracing Program: Support Services by DME Supplier

AMARILLO, TX – Assume that ABC Medical Equipment is a DME supplier that specializes in providing custom-fitted and…

January 4 2016

Time to Get Back to Work


LAS VEGAS – Poor health does not conveniently wait for the holidays, so many HME providers have been…

January 4 2016

CMS Issues Prior Authorization Final Rule

WASHINGTON, DC – CMS issued the Medicare Program: Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics,…

January 4 2016

New Year, New Resolve

LAS VEGAS – It’s time to make new year’s resolutions, and doing your job just a little bit…

January 4 2016

The 2015 Medtrade Monday Baird Database is Available

AMARILLO, TX – Regular Medtrade Monday readers have come to rely on the insights of Jeffrey S. Baird,…

December 28 2015

A Look Back at 2015

ATLANTA – The rise of caretailing, successful Medtrade shows, and bruising legislative battles all contributed to another challenging…

December 28 2015

Caretailing – New Word for the New Year

ATLANTA – With “retail HME providers” and/or “healthcare retailers” increasingly making their presence known at Medtrade and throughout…

December 28 2015

The I Am the HME Industry Cast of Characters for 2015

FORT COLLINS, CO – Fourteen victims, uh, make that HME providers, graciously participated in our semi-monthly “I Am…

December 28 2015