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HME Business January/February 2019 Table of Contents Volume 26 No. 1
Ten trends providers should plan for in the New Year
STRATEGY 2019
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Annual Big 10 List
Are you setting the right strategy for 2019? This marks our 11th annual survey of the 10 key trends that will impact the home medical equipment industry the most during the New Year. In this year’s list, larger healthcare and retail trends could impact HME more than anticipated. As a result, this installment of the Big 10 list is a must-read.
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8 News/Trends/Analysis
Tracking Your KPIs
Tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) has become an essential element in managing a successful HME business. Moreover, the number and variety of metrics providers use to measure their performance continues to expand. We talk to various experts to survey the KPIs today’s providers must track, and how they can use technology to do that.
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CMS might add ventilators, braces to bidding; Provisions to protect manual CRT accessories added to Lame Duck Medicaid legislation; Harmar Mobility acquires Pride Mobility’s lifts and ramps division; ResMed Acquires Propeller Health for $225M; AEA Investors acquires Numotion; VGM rebrands, expands Wound Care Division; Industry mourns loss of Mark Smith.
6 Editor’s Note
Examining the CBD Opportunity
12 Provider Strategy
Group 2 and Group 3 Wheelchairs
25 Product Profile Convexity’s Tiny FLYP Nebulizer
26 Product Solutions Compression Offerings
27 HME Inventory 29 Advertiser Index &
Industry Events 30 Observation Deck
3 Keys to Billing Headache Relief
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