Congressman Wants to Know Your Bidding Woes – Deadline TODAY

June 2, 2014
WASHINGTON, DC – It’s not too often that a member of Congress seeks out the complaints of HME providers, but this is one of those times. The deadline is TODAY (June 2). Rep Jim Renacci (R-Ohio), whose own oxygen business lost its bid in the r

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

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

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

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