I Am the HME Industry – Teresa Lynne Aldridge

June 30, 2014
CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY – Teresa Lynne Aldridge, owner of American Mobility Products Inc, Campbellsville, Ky, found her calling after helping her very first customer. The elderly patient had suffered a stroke and was bedridden, and the woman did not

Medtrade Brings Together Products that Medicare Should Want

June 16, 2014
ATLANTA – Today is the first day that HME providers can register for Medtrade at considerable savings. As it turns out, the products on display at the nation’s premiere HME trade show can also save Medicare money. A study about Medicare investmen

I Am the HME Industry – Herb Paserman

June 9, 2014
BAYONNE, NJ – After three decades in the HME business, Herb Paserman’s fighting spirit is undimmed. As marketing manager at Jerrys Drug and Surgical, Bayonne, NJ, the 64-year-old Paserman is fighting competitive bidding through state associat

Primed for Retail Renaissance

June 9, 2014
ORLANDO, FL – The so-called “retail movement” has always been a part of the HME world, but the urgency is higher due to endless price pressures on Medicare via the competitive bidding program. Essential Medical Supply (Booth #1355) has show

Use of Telemedicine in Cash Sales Across State Lines

June 9, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry, in its present form, has been around since the 1970s. For the first 25 to 30 years of its existence, the industry was relatively unregulated and was relatively simple. A DME supplier would easily and quickly obt

Thoughts on Leadership from a Medtrade Presenter

June 2, 2014
SHERMAN OAKS, CA – I often ask myself why is it that mediocrity and workload imbalance persists in the workplace? I firmly believe it has much to do with leadership. Where staff is not held accountable, there is no real performance expectation.