Tag: Angel Pardo
Providers see business opportunities in Cuba
April 29, 2016Tracy Orzel
YARMOUTH, Maine - As diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba slowly improve, HME providers in Florida are eager to gain a foothold on the isolated island.
“Obviously, there's a big interest in doing business in Cuba, especially in Miami, because of the proximity,” said Angel Pardo, owner of DMR in Doral. “We could be the main hub for any business transactions in Cuba.”
The demand for HME on the communist island is strong. Cubans live an average of 79 years,...
Reporter's notebook: Provider 'checks in' with hotels
October 22, 2015Tracy Orzel
DORAL, Fla. - Show mobility provider Angel Pardo a hotel, and he will show you a potential referral source.“We're constantly thinking outside the box, trying to get different revenue sources, different payer sources,” said Pardo, owner of DMR in Doral, Fla. “We don't want to put all our eggs in the traditional Medicare, Medicaid, and health insurance baskets.”It started approximately a year and a half ago, when Pardo says hotels in Florida exhibited a renewed commitment to...
Providers resist EHR bandwagon
October 22, 2015Tracy Orzel
YARMOUTH, Maine - While there's a rush toward EHRs, some HME providers are holding fast to their paper-based systems.
Provider Angel Pardo, owner of DMR in Doral, Fla. recently purchased a $10,000 filing system to help maintain 31 years worth of records.
“I always like to have a paper copy,” said Pardo. “You hear about servers crashing, data corrupting. God forbid you need something and the data is lost.”
His No. 2 concern: security.
“With paper records,...
No shirt, no shoes, no Medicare
April 24, 2015Tracy Orzel
DORAL, Fla. - In the last six months, mobility provider Angel Pardo has visited Curacao, Grand Cayman and St. Barts. Not for pleasure—for business.For nearly two decades, Pardo, owner of DMR in Doral, Fla., has been evaluating manual, power and complex rehab wheelchair users in the Caribbean and Latin America.Located just 10 miles from Miami International Airport, Pardo also services repeat customers from Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil.“The affluent clients love to come to Miami, which...