Posts from — July 2006

Perhaps learning from recent experience in the homecare mobility (and oxygen) business the Sleep Manufacturers Alliance has been formed. More details at RTmagazine

When arch rivals such as Embla, Fisher & Paykel, Invacare, Pro-Tech, Puritan Bennett, ResMed, Respironics, Sunrise Medical, and VIASYS get together you have to believe that there are huge industry challenges on the way.

Perhaps a group like this can help provide the balance in providing great affordable healthcare in an environment where politicians are perhaps more interested in their next election results than in the health of their constituents.

The American Association For Homecare published results of a study demonstrating that about 75% of the cost of treating CMS patients at home is related to services, delivery and operating expenses. The study comes in the wake of the attempted capping of reimbursement for oxygen equipment delivered to the home. See recent related market commentary.