![HME News in 10](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf.jpg)
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.
Episodes
![Theresa Flaherty on Medtrade East](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Theresa Flaherty on Medtrade East
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday Oct 26, 2021
Today’s guest is Theresa Flaherty, managing editor of HME News, who is recently back from Medtrade East. Theresa talks about: What it was like to re-connect in Atlanta, the industry’s “home base”; why supply chain constraints, not competitive bidding, are the industry’s top concern; and how young blood and fresh ideas are reinvigorating HME.
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest
Theresa Flaherty
![Linda Rouse O’Neill and the $10M question](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Linda Rouse O’Neill and the $10M question
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Thursday Sep 30, 2021
Linda Rouse O’Neill, vice president of supply chain policy and executive branch relations for the Health Industry Distributors Association (HIDA), talks about “creative partnerships” between distributors and providers to increase inventories and identify substitutions in the face of difficult and prolonged supply chain constraints due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She talks about how we got here – “That is a $10 million question right there” – and just how bad it is. “When you think about COVID and (the bottlenecks at) our West Coast ports – the social distancing and protocols and illness with workers – they’re struggling like every industry to balance all of that and make sure people are working, so that’s really made transportation a health care issue at this point,” she says. “I think we can all agree that we need to move those health care products in an expedited way.”
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest:
Linda Rouse O’Neill
![Kris Srinivasan on defining HME’s value](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Kris Srinivasan on defining HME’s value
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Welcome to a special episode of HME News in 10 sponsored and developed by McKesson.
Our guest is Kris Srinivasan, director of payer relations for the company. He talks about how McKesson can help HME providers bring value to the health care continuum with its focus on speaking with a unified voice and improving patient outcomes. For more information on McKesson, go to mms.mckesson.com.
Host:
Liz Beaulieu
Guest:
Kris Srinivasan
![Theresa Flaherty live from Medtrade West](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Theresa Flaherty live from Medtrade West
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Theresa Flaherty, managing editor of HME News, joins us from Medtrade West to talk about the vibe at the HME industry’s first in-person event since the COVID-19 pandemic – lots of “warm feelings,” she says – and the biggest buzzwords – competitive bidding and telehealth. Mostly, attendees at the show just wanted to keep “learning and moving and growing,” she says.
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest:
Theresa Flaherty
![Josh Marx on evolution](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Josh Marx on evolution
Monday Jun 28, 2021
Monday Jun 28, 2021
When he was assembling commodes and shipping adult diapers in the Medical Service Company warehouse as a kid, Josh Marx didn’t think HME would be his profession or his passion. But like MSC’s business, Marx’s views of the industry have evolved and now he finds himself in a leadership position not only at the company but also at AAHomecare. Hear why Marx wants to “pack the field” with HME advocates and why he wants to push for alternate payment models that recognize the industry’s “global care management” capabilities. “There’s a lot of evolution we’ve seen and there’s a lot more that’s required,” he says.
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest:
Josh Marx
![Miriam Lieber on how HME providers are excellent](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Miriam Lieber on how HME providers are excellent
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Wednesday May 26, 2021
Miriam Lieber, one of three judges for this year’s HME Excellence Awards, talks about her process for helping to select the HME Provider of the Year. Hear how Lieber, president of Lieber Consulting LLC, looks for a “distinguishing trait” in every application she reviews – whether it’s committed community involvement, dramatic financial improvement or a dynamic website – and why she thinks providers need to celebrate and maximize their excellence.
HME providers can apply to be the HME Provider of the Year at http://www.hmeexcellenceawards.com/apply.php. The deadline is June 30.
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest:
Miriam Lieber
![Russ Johannesson on setting the pace in digital health](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Russ Johannesson on setting the pace in digital health
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Friday Apr 30, 2021
Russ Johannesson, CEO of Glooko, says innovation is in the company’s DNA. “Our innovation mandate comes from a desire to truly understand our users’ needs,” he said. “We think it’s our responsibility to continue to innovate.” Hear how that commitment to innovation helped Glooko raise $30 million in funding and allows the company to stay ahead of the curve in today’s fast-moving digital health marketplace.
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest:
Russ Johannesson
![Regina Gillispie on being best friends with health LAs](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Regina Gillispie on being best friends with health LAs
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Monday Mar 22, 2021
Regina Gillispie, the president and owner of Best Home Medical in Barboursville, W.Va., talks about why she prioritizes making her voice heard in Washington, D.C., whether it’s by visiting Capitol Hill every year or tweeting about the reimbursement pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters. “I try to be respectful,” she says, “but you need to stay in front of them.” Hear how, by developing close relationships with the health legislative aides of her senators and representatives – she even emailed them during the Capitol Hill riots to make sure they were safe – “They know who I am,” she says.
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest:
Regina Gillispie
![Dylan Ross on managing your equipment needs](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Dylan Ross on managing your equipment needs
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Welcome to a special episode of HME News in 10 sponsored and developed by McKesson.
Our guest is Dylan Ross, vice president and general manager of Biomedical Solutions for McKesson. Hear how finding the right partner for stocking, servicing and tracking equipment can, among other things, help an HME provider maximize device utilization – a must-have capability brought to light by the COVID-19 pandemic. For more information on Biomedical Solutions, go to: https://mms.mckesson.com/content/services-tools/biomedical-solutions/.
Host:
Liz Beaulieu
Guest:
Dylan Ross
![John Quinlan on being the ‘squeaky wheel’](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7314634/HMEin10_PodBeanLogo_3000x3000_f3nkjf_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
John Quinlan on being the ‘squeaky wheel’
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
Wednesday Jan 20, 2021
John Quinlan, the owner of Quinlan’s Pharmacy & Medical Equipment, says being the “squeaky wheel” helped him get his staff in line for the COVID-19 vaccine, soon after it became available in late December. Quinlan says providers and industry stakeholders have done a great job vocalizing their needs during the pandemic – for the vaccine, for PPE, for oxygen concentrators. Hear how this has been a chaotic time for providers like Quinlan but how they’re doing their part – and then some.
Hosts:
Liz Beaulieu
Theresa Flaherty
Guest:
John Quinlan