Respiratory Solutions for Today's HME Market
Respiratory Management is geared toward enterprising HME respiratory providers who
need expert information on day-to-day business, education and product innovations
related to oxygen, sleep and asthma.
Our coverage drills deeper than other HME publications with clinical research, case
studies, news and events coverage that interests patient-focused, HME-affiliated
respiratory therapists.


Beware a President Obama?
At the end of October, the DME MACs released a notice that the local coverage determinations (LCDs) for nebulizers are being revised.
This year, World COPD Day is organized around the theme "Breathless not Helpless!" According to the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), the theme emphasizes that breathlessness is not just an inevitable part of getting older. The organization will focus on spirometry resources as it celebrates World COPD Day Wednesday.
For respiratory providers looking to expand their reach into the home ventilator market, here are a few things to consider.
People with even minimally symptomatic obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may be at increased risk for cardiovascular disease because of impaired endothelial function and increased arterial stiffness, according to a study from the Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine in the United Kingdom, published in the November issue of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.