Tag: Hometown Medical
Quipt doubles presence in Mississippi
July 11, 2022HME News Staff
CINCINNATI – Quipt Home Medical has acquired Hometown Medical, a respiratory focused company in Mississippi reporting unaudited trailing 12-month annual revenues of about $7 million and anticipated EBITDA of $1.4 million post-integration.
Hometown Medical, which has two locations in Mississippi, doubles Quipt’s presence in the state. It adds more than 1,000 referring physicians, bringing its total to more than 21,600; and 11,000 active patients, bringing its total to more than...
'We're still just scratching the surface,' says longtime provider
December 29, 2021Tracy Orzel
VICKSBURG, Miss. – David Hosemann has been in the HME industry so long, he used to get his oxygen from the hardware store.
“Not too many people in the DME industry today can say that,” said Hoseman, owner of Hometown Medical. “From there to the little POCs we are putting out now, that's how far technology has come.”
Hosemann was recently recognized by his staff for 40 years of service in the DME industry. Founded in 2002, Hometown Medical offers...
Provider marks 40 years in DME
October 7, 2021HME News Staff
VICKSBURG, Miss. – Provider David Hosemann was recently recognized by his staff at Hometown Medical for 40 years of service in the durable medical equipment industry. “In 1981, nobody had a clue about DME,” he told a local newspaper. “I could see that if we honed our skills and developed a service culture, the rest would take care of itself as the baby boomers like me arrived.” Hometown Medical carries a variety of HME, including power wheelchairs and scooters, sleep...
Meet SMRC, Medicare's newest audit contractor
May 10, 2013Elizabeth Deprey
WASHINGTON - StrategicHealthSolutions, a new audit contractor, has begun targeting claims for post-pay review. The problem, say stakeholders: Many have already been audited.“There's only a select pool of providers, and a select pool of claims to pull from,” said Andrea Stark, a reimbursement consultant with MiraVista.Medicare contracted with the Omaha, Neb.-based StrategicHealthSolutions to serve as a Medicare supplemental medical review contractor (SMRC) in 2012 to “identify and...