Caretailing – Leaving Your Comfort Zone is a Must

July 3, 2017
GOOSE CREEK, SC – Retailing (also known as caretailing) is an involved process. It is not simply stacking merchandise, putting on price tags, and waiting for customers to arrive. Unlike wholesaling, retailing involves selling in small quantities to

Moving the Caretail Business Into a Separate Legal Entity

July 3, 2017
AMARILLO, TX – A number of factors are making the Medicare fee-for-service (“FFS”) model almost untenable: (i) competitive bidding (“CB”); (ii) applying the CB reimbursement rates to non-CBAs; (iii) aggressive audits; (iv) reimbursement

Caretailing is Here – What Are You Waiting For?

June 19, 2017
GOOSE CREEK, SC – It’s ironic that home medical equipment supply is referred to as a “business” when so few companies in this industry actually adhere to conventional business principles. Put in its simplest terms, business is a process where

I Am the HME Industry – New Business Continues to Grow

June 5, 2017
PARKER, CO – Yet another mid-life switch to HME caretailing is paying off. Almost three years ago, Bill and Doreen Leahy made a bold decision to open an all-cash HME retailing business in Parker, Colorado, a 50,000-population city in the northern p

Invacare Preps for Long Term Growth After Latest Results Report

May 15, 2017
ELYRIA, OH – Medtrade exhibitor Invacare Corp announced results last week for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017. After another quarter of progress on the company’s planned transformation, reported net sales decreased 10.0% to $231.7 million,

New Exhibitors, New Products at Medtrade

May 8, 2017
ATLANTA – New exhibitors are joining familiar names as exhibitors sign on to Medtrade, scheduled for Oct 23-26, 2017, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. “Attendees want new products on the show floor,” said Kevin Gaffney, group sh