MESA, AZ – Phoenix-based Valley Medical Supplies has been acquired by Copper Star Home Medical Supplies (Mesa, Arizona). With this acquisition, Valley Medical and Copper Star will combine their business models. Current Copper Star president and own

BILLINGS, MT – Eric Ecker, manager at St. Vincent Medical Supply and Mobility, Billings, Montana, never intended to be in the DME business. As a newly minted graduate with a business degree from Montana State University more than two decades ag

PHOENIX – As reported last week in Medtrade Monday, AZ MediQuip, a privately-owned (retail only) DME company in greater Phoenix, recently received funding from private equity partner Gemini Investors. The story behind that seemingly straighforward

AMARILLO, TX – Two important components of the successful DME supplier are (i) an innovative marketing program and (ii) strong relationships with referral sources. In implementing a marketing program the supplier must adhere to multiple federal

GREENSBURG, PA – The ceremony has taken place at Medtrade for the past few years, but last week in a virtual ceremony, Patty Mastandrea was named 2020 Home Medical Equipment (HME) Woman of the Year. Mastandrea is CEO of MedCare Equipment Co. LLC, h

PHOENIX – Back in late April 2020, Tim Rutti, M.B.A., owner of Phoenix, Ariz.-based Valley Medical Supplies pulled no punches in a wide-ranging discussion during the heady early days of the global pandemic. His comments in Medtrade Monday struc