Focus on the present; prepare for the future

At a recent industry event, I talked to a provider who about four years ago invested heavily in non-delivery oxygen technology. Since then, he’s reduced his delivery costs 62%. He also just opened a new location. Given the challenges the industry has faced recently, he seemed a little sheepish about his success. “I would not say this out loud,” he whispered to me, “but business is great.”

That is what the HME News Business Summit is all about: Your success. The only difference is we’re not sheepish about it. Since debuting in 2005, we’ve created an event that gives HME owners and top managers critical industry data and market intelligence that helps drive revenue and cut costs.

Gut feelings and opinions don't generate success. Facts do. We deliver real-life case studies, original research and industry benchmarks. The takeaway is enormous. To present this information, we seek out experts from within and outside the HME industry. It’s no mistake that you may not recognize some of our speakers. These are difficult times, and difficult times demand fresh perspectives and new ways of doing things.

This year, because healthcare in the United States is undergoing such tremendous change, we’ve developed a two-fold educational goal: 1. Deliver the tools and solutions you need to run your company more profitably today; and, 2. Bring in some very smart people who have ideas on how to position your company for the future—whatever it may bring.

Last year, we coined a phrase about the Business Summit that I like. It goes like this: We want to send you home excited and ready to blow away the competition.

That captures perfectly what we want to accomplish.

Best regards, and I hope to see you in Nashville.

— Mike Moran, Executive Editor, HME News