Purchasing a DME Supplier: The Importance of Regulatory Due Diligence

July 1, 2013
AMARILLO, TX – It has been the goal of entrepreneurs over the centuries: start-up business, build the business up, and sell it for a profit.  This has been the cycle in the restaurant industry, the sporting goods industry, and the DME industry

Fastrack Acquired by Mediware Information Systems

July 1, 2013
LENEXA, KS – Industry mainstay Fastrack Healthcare Systems Inc has been acquired by Mediware Information Systems Inc, a HME and home infusion therapy software company. The transaction brings more than 300 new customers, in addition to the services

The Insane are Running the Asylum

May 6, 2013
AMARILLO, TX – For the first 12 years of my life, I grew up in a state mental hospital. It was built in approximately 1900. The hospital was a series of buildings, roads, ponds, trees and horses located outside the town. The facility had about

AAHomecare and NAIMES Join Forces

April 29, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – The HME industry took another move toward unity last week with the merger of the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) and the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers (NAIMES). The newly formed

The Industry Needs You

April 29, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – I’ve never been one to push people to go to Washington, because I believe the true advocacy power of the DME industry is at the district level. This year, however, we must make a powerful showing in Washington, DC, for the AA

Friendly Reminder: Medtrade will be in Orlando, Fla

April 29, 2013
ORLANDO, FL – Regular Medtrade attendees are used to booking flights to Atlanta in the Fall, but this year is different. When the 5-year Atlanta contracts expire, Nielsen Expositions takes a survey to determine where HME providers want to go next.