I emailed Theresa on Thursday morning to say I was taking a breather from the March issue that day to work on the educational program for the HME New Business Summit. Yup, it must be nearly February.
The print issues of HME News are on their way to your mailboxes (if not already there), but I wanted to call your attention to page 22. Here you will find, as you do every month, The Braff Group M&A Insider.
One of the many tasks the editors at HME News field is drumming up a newspoll each month. Sometimes the questions are better than others, and sometimes what seemed like a great question, on second read, after the poll already goes out, seem obvious.
Home for the holidays takes on many meanings this time of year. Families and friends gather from near and far to celebrate the season with loved ones. Stories shared. Songs sung. Food and festivities are all around. College students return home after working hard all semester.
This one’s for you, dear providers who aren’t on twitter.
AAHomecare included an item in its Wednesday in Washington bulletin this week on updated data for HME’s share of total Medicare spending. Turns out it’s down to 1.11% in 2016 from 1.22% in 2015.
Here’s a look at the most read stories for 2017. I know there are still 32 days left in 2017 (who’s counting), but I couldn’t help myself (and I needed a blog topic).
A Boston TV station recently ran an “I-Team” piece on a man who needed a brace after twisting his knee and who was charged nearly $700 for said brace by a local supply company because he hadn’t met his deductible.
We flew into Atlanta on Sunday afternoon and after an early dinner, followed by drinks in the lobby bar at the Omni, I found myself killing a bit of time (a.k.a playing with my phone).
I’ve had a few conversations now where the people I’m talking to try to find the silver lining in the statistic that the number of DME locations has dropped about 40% since 2013, when Medicare’s competitive bidding program began to really gain steam.
