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HME Business October 2019 Table of Contents Volume 26 No. 8
Managing Payers
Our advisory board says providers must learn to manage multiple payers and revenue streams.
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Six-Year Lookback Audits
CMS’s six-year lookback audits represent what can be a chilling challenge for HME providers. That said, we talked to some key experts who outlined steps HME businesses can take to deal with this audit program.
Medtrade Product Preview
This year’s edition of the annual conference and expo will round up a veritable cattle drive of products and services for HME providers. So we lassoed up some compelling items that will be on display to give you a sneak peek.
Managing Multiple Payers
Are you good at payer relations and contract negotiation? You might need to be better. In our annual editorial advisory board roundtable, the board delves into why providers must diversify their payers and revenue sources in the near term.
6 Editor’s Note
Who’s in the Driver’s Seat?
8 Problem Solver Hiring Offshore Staff
10 Provider Strategy Retail’s Sales-Inventory Link
40 Product Spotlight
Fleet Management with Q-Connect
41 Product Solutions Women’s Health Offerings
42 Observation Deck Diabetes Management Services
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Outsourced Billing
Providers suffer migraine-level billing headaches on a daily basis, but they often pass up a well-known remedy for that pain: outsourced billing. What are they missing out on, how can outsourcing help, and how can they get started?
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