If You Missed Medtrade Spring, Medtrade is on the Horizon

March 17, 2014
ATLANTA – With another successful Medtrade Spring in the books, attention immediately shifts to Medtrade. The Fall edition of the nation’s premiere HME trade show will once again be held at its familiar home at the Georgia World Congress Center i

Captured Opinions from Medtrade Spring and the VGM Survey

March 17, 2014
WATERLOO, IOWA – Medtrade and Medtrade Spring (which took place last week in Las Vegas) are great places to trade knowledge and opinions. Plenty of both were shared during Medtrade Spring, and on the vgm.com/survey site. The cost of delivering

Medtrade Spring – AAHomecare Spreads the Word to a Packed House

March 17, 2014
LAS VEGAS – Tom Ryan knows the pain felt by many providers in today’s competitive bidding climate. As an NY-based provider, the president and CEO of AAHomecare told a packed house on day two of Medtrade Spring last week that he bid on 35 competit

Face-to-Face and WOPDs in Asset Purchase Situations

March 10, 2014
AMARILLO, TX – As a result of the ill-conceived competitive bid program, a sea-change is occurring in the DME industry. Some suppliers are getting totally out of the business and so they are selling 100% of their assets to other suppliers. Some

Retail Ideas Abound for Medtrade Spring Attendees

March 10, 2014
LAS VEGAS – The winners of the Innovative HME Retail Product Awards, sponsored by HomeCare magazine, will be on display this week at Medtrade Spring, which begins today. The biannual awards honor HME products that are particularly suited for retail

Pneumonia Risk Goes Up for Sleep Apnea Sufferers

March 10, 2014
LAS VEGAS – New research from Taiwanese researchers suggests that sleep apnea sufferers “appear to have” a higher risk of pneumonia. The study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, and summarized in Medical News Today (MNT), i