Tag: Woody O'Neal
O’Neal Medical ‘moves on’ from DME
March 8, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
PELHAM, Ala. – The business of providing durable medical equipment is rapidly becoming one of diminishing returns, says Woody O’Neal, who recently announced plans to phase out that part of his business to focus on respiratory products.
It’s a big switch for a company that once held competitive bidding contracts and had built up a “very large book of DME business,” says O’Neal, vice president of O’Neal Medical.
“The outlook for traditional...
CPAP Plus debuts in challenging environment
October 22, 2021Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Provider Woody O’Neal did his homework when it came to opening CPAP Plus – a division of O’Neal Medical that focuses on sleep therapy and portable oxygen concentrators – which has helped to put the new company in a good position, despite the Philips recall.
CPAP Plus is located in an area of Birmingham where one-third of O’Neal Medical’s existing customers reside, a local hospital has announced expansion plans and seven sleep centers...
Great debate: To niche or not?
April 10, 2015Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - HME providers have long debated whether it's best to specialize or diversify, but these days, the 800-pound gorilla that is Medicare is driving those decisions, they say.“It would be great from a patient care standpoint to be specialized,” said Woody O'Neal, vice president of Pelham, Ala.-based O2 Neal Medical. “But I don't think the market is going to allow that. The market doesn't value it as much as it used to.”Case in point: Prior to the implementation...