AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry, as we know it today, has been around since the mid-70s. The industry was built on a “single payor model:” Medicare was the primary payment source for DME suppliers. This was akin to a “welfare

LAS VEGAS – Every HME provider wants a reliable cash cow, and Golden Technologies showed off an array of strong retail products at the recent Medtrade Spring, all designed to bring in caretailing dollars. C.J. Copley, executive vice president, Sale

LAS VEGAS – Familiar Medtrade Spring exhibitor Pride saw strong foot traffic at Medtrade Spring, as well as a new attitude among many providers in attendance at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas earlier this month. “Our Medtrade Spr

LAS VEGAS – Washington-based HME providers Diana Hudack, CPB, and Shelly Lopez-Zacapu, LRCP, went into retail a couple of years ago, mostly out of necessity. “We had to do retail on the side,” said Lopez-Zacapu, a Medtrade Spring attendee who m

LAS VEGAS – Medtrade Spring attendees cast their votes for the best new products in the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards (sponsored by HomeCare Magazine) on the Expo floor. The Pavilion featured the most innovative HME products t

LAS VEGAS – Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), a non-profit organization providing over $10 million annually in durable medical equipment (DME) and supplies to those living with disability, will again be at Medtrade Spring and acc