HME Business, November/December 2019

Efficiency
What’s Inside:
‘Fixing’ U.S. Healthcare . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Documentation Changes. . . . . . . . . 10 2019 New Product Awards. . . . . . . . 11
F&P’sViteraFull-FaceMask........ 24 Portable Oxygen Offerings . . . . . . . . 26 HMEInventory ................... 28 MAPs, MMCPs & Subcontracting . . . . 30
HME Software Starts to Speak a Common Tongue With Other IT
With so much happen- ing in the HME industry in terms of public policy-making, reimbursement cuts, market shifts, the diversification of funding sources, and changes in business management strategies, it’s easy to forget that the home medical equipment business sits in a much larger healthcare universe.
Indeed, HME is part of a broad spectrum of healthcare, and as a result, providers must find ways to ensure that they are adequately interfacing with their counterparts in the other segments of U.S. healthcare. Those other players include physi- cians, health plans, private insurance carriers, MCOs, and facilities-based care, to name just a few.
Furthermore, those other parties are feeling substantial pressure to share information securely, seamlessly and easily. The pace of business is simply too fast in healthcare to wait on inefficient communications. Not surprisingly, that need has now trickled down to HME providers. They too must strive to share information with their partners and counterparts as quickly and easily as possible.
Fortunately, the industry’s software systems are responding to that need by prioritizing interoperability features. Read this issue’s annual software survey to see what’s avail- able, as well as the other tools that HME IT vendors are offering.
Annual Software
Survey . . . . . . . . Starts on Page 18
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Integration
HME software emphasizes connectivity to boost productivity and care.
Special Insert Inside:
DME Pharmacy
December 2019
Helping pharmacy owners and operators expand their DME businesses.
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