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We just shipped our August (!) issue off to the printer today. The issue features two separate stories on patient education for diabetes patients. One story is about a distributor, H.D. Smith that has developed a program that providers can customize to use with their own patients.

"Getting the lead on the target"

"I'd rather have two bullets than one"

A new group, the Committee to Save Independent HME Suppliers (CSI:HME), released the results of a survey yesterday that ranks the top concerns of providers. Restoring payments to complex rehab came in 3rd, ahead of reforming the home oxygen therapy benefit (4th).

A new survey from Philips Electronics reveals that managers are sleeping 19% less than the recommended 8 hours of sleep per night.
According to the survey:

While I don't subscribe to the hysteria—and I don't think HME providers do either—surrounding the swine flu outbreak, it is a good opportunity for providers to position themselves as a resource in their community.

Overweight? Underactive? African American or Latino? You're at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. The fourth Tuesday of every March is Diabetes Alert Day, created by the American Diabetes Association to call attention to the seriousness of Type 2 diabetes.