Medtrade Registration Starts Today

June 16, 2014
ATLANTA – Registration for Medtrade is officially open. Early rates are considerably lower, and in effect until mid September. The nation’s premiere HME trade show is scheduled for Oct 20-23, 2014, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

Does the Median Bid Scheme Violate the 5th Amendment?

June 9, 2014
BAYONNE, NJ – Many of you recently saw me on the New Jersey TV (NJTV) clip with my boss Michael Bologh, but this brief appearance only told a small part of my story. For years I have researched the haze of legal questions surrounding the biddin

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

Philips Respironics Preps for Medtrade After Splash at SLEEP

June 9, 2014
MINNEAPOLIS – A new study presented at SLEEP 2014 by Philips Respironics (Booth #1711 at Medtrade, scheduled for Oct 20-23, 2014) concluded that patients using the SleepMapper mobile app and web-based ­solution achieved a 22% higher po