HME News in 10 HME News
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Long-time editors Liz Beaulieu and Theresa Flaherty discuss the HME industry’s top news, and call on experts to provide context and add color to the stories they’re writing for HME News. It’s everything you’ve come to expect from HME News, just in podcast form, in about 10 minutes or less. HME News, www.hmenews.com, is the leading source of news for the home medical equipment industry.
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Bill Mixon on empowering patient health
Welcome to a special episode of HME News in 10 sponsored and developed by Advanced Diabetes Supply.
Today’s guest is Bill Mixon, CEO of Advanced Diabetes Supply. He joins HME News in 10 to talk about how ADS helps both health care providers and patients navigate the complex insurance landscape of diabetes technology and how the company empowers patients to make informed decisions about their health. “The key to this thing is adherence,” says Mixon. “And patients that get served in a high-touch environment tend to have higher compliance and adherence to the technology than someone who doesn’t.”
Hosts: Liz Beaulieu Theresa Flaherty
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Todd Usher on the importance of staying in your lane
Welcome to a special episode of HME News in 10 sponsored and developed by Tactical Back Office.
Today’s guest is Todd Usher, founder of Tactical Back Office. He joins HME News in 10 to talk about how TBO and a new company, Tactical Call Center, are expanding and customizing their offerings while staying in their lane as staffing agencies. He also talks about why it's important that staff get real-life experience by “playing in the sandbox,” and how, despite the rise of artificial intelligence, “we still need humans to run our businesses.”
Hosts: Liz Beaulieu Theresa Flaherty
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Ryan Wood on moving beyond securing the castle
Today’s guest is Ryan Wood, chief information security officer for VGM Group. He joins HME News in 10 to talk about how the cybersecurity and infrastructure landscape is quickly evolving, what will make Change Healthcare-like cyberattacks more common and why ChatGPT and the like are both a blessing and a curse. Hosts: Liz Beaulieu Theresa Flaherty Guest: Ryan Wood
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Roxanne Venard on managing though market upheaval
Today’s guest is Roxanne Venard, a registered respiratory therapist and president of Ascent Respiratory Care. She joins HME News in 10 to discuss lessons learned through several years of upheaval in the respiratory market. There’s no need to go it alone, she says. “Just get everyone on your team involved and you’ll make it through the tough times.”
Hosts: Liz Beaulieu Theresa Flaherty
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Justin Mortara on 'making health care better'
Today’s guest is Justin Mortara, president and CEO of EnsoData. He joins HME News in 10 to talk about how the company’s new strategic partnership with React Health allows its AI technology to cross over from the sleep testing to the sleep therapy space, maximining its ability to “make health care better.” Mortara also discusses the importance of predicting, versus reacting to, a person’s difficulty with CPAP therapy. “I used to say everyone has a heart and we’re doing good in cardiology,” says Mortara, who trained as a physicist and ran a cardiology business in the med-tech space for 20 years. “And now I say, ‘Everyone needs to sleep and we’re doing good at EnsoData.’”
Hosts: Liz Beaulieu Theresa Flaherty
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Gary Sheehan on connecting the continuum
Since leaving AdaptHealth, Gary Sheehan has “leaned into” a few different things, including joining Darby as a growth advisor and launching Scorton Creek Capital. His goal: Helping the HME industry, which he was born into, leverage technology to deliver more care in the home. Sheehan joins HME News in 10 to talk about where he sees opportunity for the industry to be more broadly connected to the care continuum and why he’s “not going anywhere.”
Hosts:Liz BeaulieuTheresa Flaherty
Guest: Gary Sheehan