Andrea Stark
Member, Reimbursement and ComplianceMiraVista, LLCAndrea Stark is the co-founder of MiraVista LLC which started in 2003. She specializes in helping DME suppliers build reimbursement mastery within their organizations through custom reimbursement training, direct staff support, and data-driven operational consulting and oversight.
Patient-Forward Retail for Covered DME Products
Retail DME is not just a cash register at the front of the store. It is a patient-forward business model for real people caught between medical need a
…Retail DME is not just a cash register at the front of the store. It is a patient-forward business model for real people caught between medical need and payer limitations.
As out-of-pocket costs rise, insured patients are making more cash-pay decisio
…Retail DME is not just a cash register at the front of the store. It is a patient-forward business model for real people caught between medical need and payer limitations.
As out-of-pocket costs rise, insured patients are making more cash-pay decisions for covered DME. This session explores how suppliers can meet that moment with a retail strategy that complements the insurance model instead of competing with it.
Join Jeffrey Baird (Brown & F
…Retail DME is not just a cash register at the front of the store. It is a patient-forward business model for real people caught between medical need and payer limitations.
As out-of-pocket costs rise, insured patients are making more cash-pay decisions for covered DME. This session explores how suppliers can meet that moment with a retail strategy that complements the insurance model instead of competing with it.
Join Jeffrey Baird (Brown & Fortunato), Andrea Stark (MiraVista), and moderator Derrick Stark for a practical discussion on how to structure the retail model, communicate clearly with insured patients, and manage the insurance rules that still follow the transaction.
In this session, attendees learn to:
- Identify retail opportunities created by rising deductibles, coinsurance, and patient out-of-pocket responsibility for covered DME.
- Design a separate retail strategy that complements, rather than conflicts with, the traditional insurance-based DME model.
- Apply the patient notices, prescription rules, licensure requirements, and other safeguards that keep cash-pay transactions with insured patients compliant.
