Booths Filling Up Fast for Medtrade
May 26, 2014
ATLANTA – Familiar faces are quickly booking floor space for Medtrade, the nation’s premiere HME trade show, scheduled for Oct 20-23, 2014, in Atlanta. Mainstays such as Philips Respironics (Booth #1711), The VGM Group (Booth #1927), Pride Mo
I Am the HME Industry – Mark T. Hatch
May 26, 2014
ROCKFORD, IL – Integrated HomeCare Services is bigger than a mom and pop, but not big enough to be called a regional operation. With three locations in the Chicagoland area, and an 11,000-sq-ft space in Rockford, Ill, the 26-year-old business f
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Respiratory/Sleep
New Algorithm Improves PAP Therapy for Women
May 26, 2014
SAN DIEGO – A new study presented last week at the American Thoracic Society 2014 International Conference (Abstract #714) indicates that a new algorithm, developed specifically for how female sleep apnea sufferers breathe, can improve flow lim
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General Healthcare
Invacare Aims for Medtrade
May 26, 2014
ELYRIA, OHIO – Invacare will be back at Medtrade this year (Booth #2005), and officials from the Buckeye State mainstay promise “a number of new products” at the nation’s premiere HME trade show. Product managers are coy, but additional detai
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General Healthcare
How a Federal Prosecutor Thinks – Part 2 of 3
May 26, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry, in its present form, has been around for about 35 years. We are a young industry. The DME industry grew up unregulated. Hardly anybody on Capitol Hill, or in Baltimore, knew what the industry did. It is as if Co
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Rehab/Mobility
Quantum Rehab Acquires Stealth – Companies to Operate Independently
May 19, 2014
EXETER, PA – Quantum Rehab®, a Pride Mobility Products® company, has acquired Texas-based Stealth Products Inc, a maker of complex rehab technology components and accessories. Under the acquisition, Stealth Products, its managem