Israel Gamburd, president of Los Angeles-based Gamburd Independent Living Solutions, sums up the state of the bath safety market this way: “The past year has been huge. It has reached a point where I have almost had to turn down business.”
Home accessibility—which includes the sale and installation of ramps, lifts and retrofitting of mobility customers’ homes—is a logical and potentially lucrative business for HME providers.
As Medicare becomes an increasingly difficult business environment for HME providers, it has become apparent that they need alternative sources of revenue.
With capped rentals, audits and competitive bidding severely curtailing cash flow and sales opportunities, HME providers need help to withstand the challenging power mobility market.
Portable oxygen concentrators have been a part of the respiratory category for several years now and, after a slow start, they are finally picking up steam, manufacturers say.