Tag: Rick Adamich
MAMES launches new networking committee
September 3, 2019Tracy Orzel
DULUTH, Minn. - Midwest Association for Medical Equipment & Supplies (MAMES) members looking to talk shop with fellow providers can now join the newly minted Provider, Owner, Executive Management (POEM) Committee.
“It's basically a networking committee,” said Rick Adamich, POEM Committee chairperson and president of Waukesha, Wis.-based Oxygen One. “We wanted to create a place for our members involved in executive level management to network and share things in a safe, confidential...
Q&A: Rick Adamich goes above and beyond
July 1, 2019Tracy Orzel
DULUTH, Minn. - Rick Adamich, president of Waukesha, Wis.-based Oxygen One, recently won MAMES Above and Beyond Award, which recognizes members for their legislative work at the state, regional and national level. HME News spoke to Adamich about the importance of advocacy, as well as some do's and don'ts. HME News: Why do you make time for advocacy?Rick Adamich: There's strength in numbers. We need to have a voice as an industry and if I tried to go it alone, that's not going to work. It's not...
Provider competes in today's Boston Marathon
April 14, 2017Kelly Bothum
WAUKESHA, Wis. - The time Rick Adamich spends running does as much for his business as it does for his body.Lacing up for a few miles helps burn off stress, but it also gives Adamich a chance to reflect on what's going on at Oxygen One, the home respiratory company he owns.“It's really when I do most of my strategic thinking about the business,” he said. “I'm working through some of the issues, and honestly, doing some goal setting.”Lately, Adamich has had even more time than...
Wisconsin: Oxygen license act passes
April 24, 2015Tracy Orzel
WILD ROSE, Wis. - HME providers in Wisconsin will now be able to dispense oxygen without a pharmacist on staff.Gov. Scott Walker on March 23 signed a bill allowing HME providers to obtain a license to dispense oxygen from the Pharmacy Examining Board. The act goes into effect May 1.Had the act not been passed, providers and their patients would have been left in the lurch, says Jim Spellman, director of the Wisconsin Association of Medical Equipment Services and owner of New Berlin, Wis.-based Home...