Caretailing With the All-Important Showroom

July 10, 2017
GOOSE CREEK, SC – To sell products to the public, you need a venue to effectively showcase them. That is why your first order of business is to create a showroom. It doesn’t have to be large. You can start with as little as 1,000 square feet. Exp

Manufacturers and DME Suppliers Working Together

July 10, 2017
AMARILLO, TX – DME suppliers and manufacturers are dependent on each other for success. Manufacturers need financially stable suppliers to purchase their products. Suppliers need their manufacturers to (i) provide quality products and (ii) offe

The Evolution of Caretailing

July 10, 2017
ATLANTA – Two years ago, the folks at VGM came up with a new word—caretailing. As a combination of care and retail, the definition (see info box) attempted to summarize a growing trend in the largely staid world of HME. The trend has indeed grown

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