September 2003

Make Your Good Company Better

Since raising prices is not something we can do easily in this industry, profitability depends largely on how efficiently providers operate. If a company

HOT Products Showcase

Bath Safety Lenjoy Medical Engineering/Bath Lift Comfy Lifty Loo Toilet/Commode can be adjusted for height of lift and weight of patient features extended

Rich in Rewards

Super chef Emeril Lagasse cooks up $7.2 million annually. Tom Cruise made a reported $65 million on Mission Impossible 2. And Alex Rodriguez of the Texas

Cardinal Meeting Highlights Pharmacies' Focus on HME

Las Vegas Like their peers in the HME industry, independent retail pharmacies are looking for ways to shelter themselves from the coming Medicare-reform

Survey Compares Costs for Home and Nursing Care

Westport, Conn. More than six million Americans age 65 and older need home or nursing care, and their geographical locations have a lot to do with how

CMS Describes Exception to In-the-Home Rule

Baltimore In an Aug. 1 memorandum, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services explained that, while the durable medical equipment benefit generally

Band-Aids and Iodine

Perfecting the Art of the Add-On Sale What is an add-on sale? When I took my first job as a pharmacist, the owner of the pharmacy told me the following:

Transactions Rule Now in Black and White

Baltimore With only a few weeks to go before the provisions of a 1996 administrative simplification act take effect, health care providers across the

Medtrade Conference & Education Planner

Opening Sessions Rise and shine each day of Medtrade 2003 with HomeCare! Each morning from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m., daily opening sessions sponsored by

A State of Independents

Three years ago, when large companies subsisted on a steady diet of independent home medical equipment providers, a group of colleagues banded together