NEW YORK – Nielsen Holdings has hired an investment bank to explore a sale of its tradeshow and event wing, Nielsen Expositions, which hosts Medtrade and Medtrade Spring, according to news reports.
Let’s be frank. It’s easy to look around and feel discouraged by where we stand as an industry. The threat and reality of national competitive bidding continues to loom large, and it is coupled with audits, the PMD demo, re-supply changes and on and on.
The HME News team got back from Medtrade last night via what turned out to be a fairly bumpy airplane ride. I felt better knowing, though, that Jim Greatorex (Black Bear Medical) was on the plane.
After helping to put together two Show Dailies in 48 hours, I'm pretty worded out.
ATLANTA – Accountable care organizations (ACOs) seem perfectly designed to demonstrate the value of home care, creating collaboration among healthcare professionals to reduce the need for acute care and hospital admissions.
I know that many of you are probably planning to reread your favorite HME News stories as you fly out to Medtrade early next week. Still, it might be worth picking up a book or two.
