Tag: 2022
OM, HSDA recognize diversity
December 28, 2022HME News Staff
RICHMOND, Va. - Owens & Minor and the Healthcare Supplier Diversity Alliance (HSDA) have announced the winners of the 2022 Supplier Diversity Awards.
The awards, which honor the legacy of Earl G. Reubel, recognize people and organizations that demonstrate an active, sustained commitment to advocating for greater supplier diversity in the health care supply chain for diverse or underrepresented populations.
Winners were chosen in three categories:
Civic Leader of the Year: Carey...
Binson’s Sherry Krug named 2022 WOY
December 15, 2022HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – Sherry Krug, vice president of business development at Binson's Medical Equipment & Supplies, has been named the 2022 HME Woman of the Year.
“Thank you. This is such an honor and beyond any expectation that I had,” said Krug. “The women that are here today are so special and all so deserving of this award."
Krug, who joined Binson’s in 2020, oversees operational functions for all of the company’s locations. She has expertise...
Provider of the Year: Bellevue Healthcare 'packs a lot of punch'
November 1, 2022Tracy Orzel
BELLEVUE, Wash. – The last three years have been chock-full of logistical, fiscal and emotional challenges for HME providers, but if it wasn’t for the pandemic, this year’s HME Provider of the Year, Bellevue Healthcare, might never have applied.
“I think we realized that we went through something big and we came out of it stronger,” said Bryce Schaffner, executive vice president, business development. “We realized that if we can make so many changes...
PottyCap nabs top product award
October 31, 2022HME News Staff
ATLANTA – Blanor Products won the Gold Award as part of the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards at Medtrade East for its PottyCap portable urinal for women. The Motif Aura breast pump from Motif Medical won the Silver Award and the SitnStand standing-assistance system for wheelchairs from Life Assistant won the Bronze Award. All products were featured in the New Product Pavilion at Medtrade East and were voted as favorites by attendees. The awards are sponsored by HomeCare Media.
A trade show, and an industry, readies to evolve
October 25, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
ATLANTA – Medtrade East provided the perfect opportunity for attendees to shake off the troubles of past years and build back their businesses, says Show Director York Schwab.
“I always tell people to be ready, when you come to Medtrade, to find something that is going to make a material impact on your business and be open to finding that,” he said. “Maybe it’s meeting someone new or finding a product you are not currently offering or learning something new...
Pressure builds to advance reimbursement relief
October 25, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ATLANTA – A small group of HME stakeholders is scheduled to meet with Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., on Wednesday for a “last good push” to get H.R. 6441 attached to a larger bill prior to the end of the year, Jay Witter said during the AAHomecare Update at Medtrade on Tuesday.
Jay Witter, senior vice president of public policy for AAHomecare, along with John Gallagher of VGM Government Relations and Seth Johnson of Pride Mobility Products, are meeting with Guthrie, who is...
Audits: ‘It’s not fair, but it’s the reality’
October 25, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
ATLANTA – The government has gotten much better at analyzing data for evidence of fraud, so HME providers need to be sure they are maintaining a culture of compliance.
That was a main takeaway during “Understanding How the Government Uses Audits to Bring Fraud Investigations” at Medtrade on Monday.
“(The Center for Program Integrity) is currently tracking all claims,” said Josh Skora, a partner with the law firm K&L Gates. “Once they have aberrant...
'You need live data’
October 25, 2022Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ATLANTA – HME providers desperately need to collect and crunch data in real time to reduce hotspots in their businesses, speakers Kit Shellhouse and Bruce Gehring told Medtrade East attendees on Monday.
And doing so doesn’t have to require a fancy program or a big investment – pie charts derived from data in an Excel spreadsheet work just fine, said ACU-Serve’s Shellhouse, so long as it can be updated regularly, and it can be shared.
“Whatever it is,...
In brief: Jim Walsh named Homecare Champion, Jo-Ellen Reed retires, product debuts
October 25, 2022HME News Staff
ATLANTA – Jim Walsh, chairman of the board for the VGM Group, was named the 2022 Van Miller Homecare Champion at the AAHomecare Update at Medtrade East on Tuesday. Tom Ryan, president and CEO of AAHomecare, said Walsh was “a driving force” in making sure that AAHomecare and VGM work as partners to elevate the HME industry. Jeremy Stolz, president of VGM & Associates, was on hand at the update to accept the award on Walsh’s behalf. Prior to the update, Stolz asked Walsh if...
AAHomecare names six Homecare Champion nominees
October 6, 2022HME News Staff
ATLANTA – AAHomecare has announced the six candidates for the Van Miller Homecare Champion award. They are: Greg Duckworth, senior vice president of Med-South Inc.; John Gallagher, vice president, VGM Group; Zach Gantt, president & CEO of Encore Healthcare; Gene Sego, president of Sego's Home Medical Equipment; Jim Walsh, chairman of the board, VGM Group; and Kam Yuricich, executive director of OAMES. “We are proud to introduce the six outstanding candidates nominated by industry...