home oxygen

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Professional Respiratory & Medical wants to be a contender, and it plans to use its competitive bidding contracts to get there.

WASHINGTON – On the heels of its announcement that it planned to file for bankruptcy protection, Rotech Healthcare announced that it had won a $68.3 million contract from Veterans Affairs.

Some providers of home oxygen therapy are looking at vents as a good way to extend their clinical expertise into another market.

IRVING, Texas – If you really want to know what’s going on with home oxygen, ask an oxygen patient. 

WASHINGTON – The Office of Inspector General (OIG) won’t let go of the idea of reducing the rental period for home oxygen.

Provider Bryan Desloge has his finger in a lot of pies. He’s president of Tallahassee, Fla.-based Desloge Home Oxygen & Medical, as well as president of the Florida Association of Counties and commissioner of Leon County.

Editor’s note: This is the second of three profiles of the 2012 HME Excellence Awards winners. Next month: Best Rehab Technology Provider.

MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. – The folks at Hubs Home Oxygen and Medical Supplies “love sleep,” so when they had the opportunity to acquire CressCare Medical, they jumped at it.

YARMOUTH, Maine – Although LifeGas’ parent company, Linde, announced in June that it was acquiring Lincare, most HME providers say they don’t expect much of an impact on their own dealings with the medical gas distributor.

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Linde AG has completed its $4.6 billion acquisition of Lincare, it was announced Aug. 14.