Archive - December 2017

Opportunities in HME

Posted On: December 29, 2017 by Mike Mallaro in: Community & Loneliness, Healthcare, Opinions, VGM

CMS’s Office of the Actuary has published their National Health Statistics for 2016 (they always run about a year behind.) A few interesting statistics in there about HME: The annual growth rate across all HME categories will average about 6% a year for the next several years. Unit growth and demand will result in total HME spend five years from now (2022) being nearly 30% greater than the HME spend in 2017. The increase in HME spend in 2018 over 2017 – in terms of total dollars...