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HME Business April 2019
Table of Contents Volume 26 No. 3
Plugging In
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Connected care has come to HME. Are providers ready?
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Distributor Relationships
It could be that the key to getting tighter control of your bottom line is to let go of some parts of your business to your distributors. How are providers outsourcing some elements to increase margins and free staff to focus on care and service?
Connected Care and HME
Interoperability isn’t just for hospitals and clinics any longer; HME providers’ referral partners want and need to connect with them. Is your business ready to link systems with the larger health IT world? How can you get there?
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8 News/Trends/Analysis
6 Editor’s Note Enjoying Change
27 Product Profile
Managing Incontinence With DFree
28 Product Solutions New Accessibility Offerings
29 Advertiser Index
29 Industry Events
30 Observation Deck Medicaid Managed Care Contracts
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Medtrade Spring Products
Attendees at year’s edition of Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas will rake in a jackpot of HME products and business services at the event’s April 17-18 expo. We’ve rounded up some of the top offerings that will be on display on the show floor.
CMS releases initial Round 2021 details; Addition of ventilators to bidding a ‘terrifying development’; HME Business launches HMEB Podcast; Custom breast prostheses bills introduced in House and Senate; ‘Let Her Decide’ campaign backs new legisla- tion; Providers urged to attend HME, CRT legislative events.
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