Tag: Eric Kline
Love your nurse
May 23, 2014Liz Beaulieu, Editor
PENSACOLA, Fla. - Eric Kline says referral sources are hungry for CEUs, not lunch.That's why the long-time industry consultant launched an online service in March, called Love Your Nurse, that allows HME providers to offer referral sources free continuing education to meet licensure requirements.“Referral sources are more loyal when you give something back,” said Kline, founder of Love Your Nurse and CEO of HME SalesPro.For an annual subscription fee of $499, Love Your Nurse will create...
Okay. Competitive bidding stinks, but what is appropriate pricing for HME?
July 15, 2010Mike Moran
I'll be honest: While I realize competitive bidding is a terribly flawed program, I have no idea what Medicare should pay for DME. Congress and CMS obviously don't know either. Neither, I'm sure, does 99.9% of the general public.
That's why, on the surface, for so many people bidding seems like a good way to determine pricing. (For an example of this mindset, check out this scathing commentary on the HME industry.) But if bidding's a terrible idea, how should pricing be set? How would the industry...