I was reading the playbook put out by VGM "Analyzing Business Operations".  It is very good and has some excellent suggestions. If you're not familiar with the VGM Group, it is an excellent member service organization that provides support and industry advocacy for the HME/DMEPOS companies in the United States. ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about how telemedicine reduces hospital readmissions and saves extraordinary costs. This week I would like to take it one step further and discuss remote  patient monitoring (RPM). Telemedicine is advancing at a rapid pace and RPM devices are being developed at a rapid ...

Do you want to increase your net income for your healthcare organization? Whether you are a hospital or a small clinic or anything in between, Fore-ward Healthcare has the solutions and the expertise to increase your net income. Constricted revenue and new payment models have forced you to look at efficiencies and cutting ...

Last week I wrote about a powerful tool available to you to reduce hospital readmissions and save millions of dollars. The tool is telemedicine. This week I am diving deeper into this topic and explaining how telemedicine will help you reduce readmissions. I am assuming you know what telemedicine is, ...

Those of us that work in the healthcare industry know that hospitals do not want readmissions. According to Becker's Hospital Review, the mean cost per readmission for CHF is $13,000 and the average cost for COPD readmissions is $7,100. Splitting the difference for the sake of this blog, let's assume ...