2020 HME Woman of the Year is Patty Mastandrea

October 25, 2020
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

Survival in the Arizona Sun

August 30, 2020
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

Better Communication by Necessity

August 2, 2020
ALBANY, GA – Fostering good communication within a multi-location DME company can be challenging in the best of times. Toss in a global pandemic, and questions quickly outpace answers. Tyler Riddle (pictured), CEO of Albany, Ga.-based MRS Homecare

Face-to-Face Trade Shows Still Valuable?

June 7, 2020
DOWNEY, CA – From a tele-health perspective, and a meeting perspective, we as an industry have been able to leverage technology to make video conferencing work, and to be a part of our daily lives. Sometimes it’s as if we are in a competition

“We’ve Seen Our Normal Sales Coming Back”

May 31, 2020
PARKER, CO – The owner of Colorado-based Independently Yours has been on a familiar odyssey in recent months. The first part of the journey is known to countless HME providers throughout the country. “Mid March started miserably, with everyth

Pride Mobility Opens Subsidiary in Germany

May 30, 2020
HÖVELHOF, DE – Pride Mobility Products® has opened its newest international subsidiary, Pride Germany. Although Pride has been providing products to the German market for more than 20 years, the new Pride Germany is a stand-alone subsidiary. Loca