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The US Durable Medical Equipment Market Is Worth 26 Billion US Dollars

According to marketingresearch.com the US market is worth $26 billion and is due to grow by 6%. Does that put the world market at about 50 billion but growing faster because of developing countries? Homecare with it’s favorable aging population demographic continues to look like a great investment, despite reimbursement pressures, national competitive bidding and [...]

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When CMS Tweets-Medicare-Pharmacy-DME (Homecare?)

When Medicare says “more to come…” about Home health, DME, and hospice open door forums regarding pharmacies providing & billing #Medicare for #DME. More details to come… What exactly do they mean…

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Thomas Rossnagel – Sunrise Medical – Premium Focus Plus Maximum Efficiency

Thomas Rossnagel has in his relatively short tenure at Sunrise as CEO (he was formally Sunrise European President) put his characteristic formula of higher value added, targeted product lines – together with maximum operational effectiveness in serving customers best – into practice. He is well known for having done this very effectively in Europe. Sunrise [...]

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Mal Mixon – CEO Invacare Talks Homecare And Government Healthcare

Source: Medcity interview by Mary Vanac She asked Mixon: Q. What do you think about the proposal for a government-backed health insurance plan? A. I believe in the free market. But I think there are people who … aren’t faring well under capitalism. I think Americans feel that no one should be left out. Q. [...]

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GerontExpo-Handicap Major Event Paris – France – May 26 – 28 – 2009

The healthcare system in France is the envy of most developed countries of the world. France is also the worlds 5th largest country in terms of GDP. This makes the above event one of the world’s top events from a business potential for those that have an interest in the rapidly expanding healthcare sectors concerning [...]

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The Euro Exchange Rate Bubble Has Burst – And It’s Bloody

European home healthcare companies have been very aggressive and ahead of the outsourcing curve in terms of Asian sourcing. This has been born, not only as a result of optimizing their bottom lines, but out of necessity as European government pressures on reimbursement (especially in Germany) have increased dramatically. Here is an example of the [...]

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