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A. Most patients are often unaware, or forget, when to change their supplies or even how often they are allowed new supplies. During the initial CPAP setup, providers should go over the basic use and care of the machine, and how to clean or when to replace supplies. However, many of these patients easily forget these instructions. To help make the therapy treatment successful, it is important to keep continuous communication with the patient after they start therapy. Frequent communication also reduces...

A. Technology is a must. How else can you track individual patient bases that use different things and need them resupplied at different times. That's the biggest hurdle. Then you have to be able to keep up, with support systems, people, time, pick, pack and shipping, and ensure all those pieces function in a way that accomplishes, documents and archives the compliance piece of the business. It can seem too expensive or complex to get your arms around, but it can be done with the right technology,...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Russell Parker was retired from a career in retail management when a distant relative who owned a sleep therapy company called and asked him for help with supply replenishment.“He had all these sleep patients and yet his respiratory therapist didn't have the time or the tools to follow up with these folks,” said Parker, COO of Revsuppliance, which provides patient contact and follow-up solutions. “I analyzed his cost of goods and his reimbursement from Medicare...