Tag: Health systems
Do health systems want in or out?
March 21, 2016John Andrews
The issue of whether HME businesses are a good fit with health systems has been debated for decades and a Michigan health system's decision to sell its HME business to a regional chain has begun the discussion anew.North Ottawa Community Health System in Grand Haven, Mich., recently sold its HME business to CareLinc Home Medical & Equipment Supply in Grand Rapids due to declining Medicare reimbursement. A hospital official told the local newspaper that the organization “knew it was something...