Tag: Medtrade East

ATLANTA – AAHomecare is currently selling tickets for the Stand Up for Homecare reception at Medtrade East, Oct. 24-26 in Atlanta. The reception is an opportunity to connect and celebrate with fellow HME leaders. It will take place Oct. 25 from 5:30-7:30 on the rooftop of Ventanas. Funds raised at Stand Up for Homecare allow AAHomecare to support patient advocacy groups that represent a large cohort of people who depend on the products and services the industry provides. These groups, including...

ATLANTA – Registration is open for Medtrade East, scheduled for Oct 24-26 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. SmartSaver rates are now in effect through July 1 and are the lowest rates available ($125 for a Conference Pass and $30 for an Expo Pass). A Conference Pass includes full access to the Expo floor. This is the last year for Medtrade East. Beginning in 2023, there will be one combined event in Dallas on March 28-30. Register for Medtrade East.

ATLANTA – Medtrade East will host a “Welcome To Atlanta Reception” in the Expo Hall Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and will hold the popular “Ask The Experts” session on Monday, Oct. 24, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. “Ask The Experts” will be a free event for all attendees who hold a conference pass. Show organizers are hopeful that a 21% bump in attendance at Medtrade West in Phoenix last month will carry over to Medtrade East in Atlanta. “The...

PHOENIX and ATLANTA – Emerald will combine Medtrade West and Medtrade East into one event in 2023, says Show Director York Schwab.  The change is in response to years of “consistent feedback” from exhibitors and attendees, he says.  “It’s the No. 1 thing I’ve seen on every survey,” he said.  This year, Medtrade West takes place this week in Phoenix and Medtrade East takes place Oct. 24-26 in Atlanta.  Schwab says neither a...

ATLANTA – The deadline to submit presentation ideas for Medtrade East is March 25. Prospective speakers are asked to select specific topics within the following suggested categories: audits, business operations, contractor updates, federal legislative and regulatory, leadership, legal, payer relations, products, services, sales and marketing, state legislative and regulatory, retail and technology. Medtrade East takes place Oct 24-26, 2022, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. FMI:...

ATLANTA – Show organizers have put out a call for speakers for Medtrade East, Oct. 24-26, at the Georgia World Congress Center. The educational advisory board (EAB) has changed the format for this year to better address the hottest topics within the HME and supply industry and to better serve the needs of attendees. Prospective speakers are asked to select specific topics within the following suggested categories: audits, business operations, contractor updates, federal legislative and regulatory,...

ATLANTA – The Belluscura X-PLO2R portable oxygen concentrator won the Providers’ Choice Gold at Medtrade East in Atlanta on Oct. 20. The POC, which is approved by the FAA for travel, weighs only 3.75 pounds and features an attached eight-cell battery that lasts up to five hours. The Dignity Lifts – Deluxe Toilet Lift – DL1 won the Providers’ Choice Silver Award. The lift helps users get up from and down to the toilet. The Breas Medical Vivo 45 LS, a life support ventilator...

It was good to be back at Medtrade’s home base, the Georgia World Congress Center, and exciting (and a tad overwhelming at times) to connect in person. In deference to the Delta variant, fist bumps abounded. Masks, not so much, despite a requirement to wear them on the show floor and at sessions. I guess we’re all just doing our best The more things stay the same, the more they change In speaking with people on the floor, there was a mix of “old school” providers,...

ATLANTA – Finding new products, booking new business and making new connections was back in full swing at Medtrade East. “With the exhibitors and the attendees we have here, people are ready to get back to normal,” said Show Director York Schwab. “I think we’ve shown there is no substitute for face-to-face interaction.” The newly rebranded Medtrade East at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta kicked off on Monday with a full day of educational sessions,...

ATLANTA – There’s an increasing amount of pressure on CMS to finalize a DMEPOS proposed rule that would adjust payment rates for HME, AAHomecare’s Tom Ryan said in an update at Medtrade East on Tuesday morning. A letter asking CMS to act on the rule, published a year ago, garnered 95 signatures last week from members of the House of Representatives, including champions on the influential Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce committees. “That’s in the hands of...