Well, it's official: Accreditation will be mandatory for all home medical equipment companies in September 2009. Progressive HME providers recognize that

If you build it they will use it is a twist on the line from the film Field of Dreams. However, we know the next phrase should be and if they hate it

History repeats itself, but nothing stays the same. In the medical industry this is definitely a true statement. In the daily changing world of HME and

As with most segments of HME today, there is much uncertainty surrounding the future of the diabetes market with competitive bidding around the corner

We often speak about creating a sales plan, building a sales strategy and networking for new referral sources. And with the changes in the industry and

In an industry fraught with layers of Medicare rules and regulations, reimbursement cuts and market saturation, how does the average home medical equipment

When we read the fascinating accounts of the earliest settlements in America, we learn how the inhabitants were able to thrive in their new and fiercely

Here We Go Again Although CMS has not yet announced bid winners for the first round of DMEPOS competitive bidding, last month the agency revealed the

This is the year that theory turns into reality. For years our industry been arguing the deficiencies of the competitive acquisition program that Congress

If you're an HME provider (or even if you just write about them), you know how easy it's been lately to feel beleaguered as the issues confronting this