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May 2006


Features


  The New Challenge
Keeping one eye on business and one eye on Congress
  by Rich Smith
  It's tough enough to stay on top of emerging markets such as sleep therapy, but now the savvy provider must keep one eye on business and the other eye on Congress.
  Home Modification
Building Freedom
  by Louis Tenenbaum, CAPS
  Whether you're building a no-step entry, wheelchair ramp, or porch lift, sound principles of universal design can help the budding provider new to home modification—and give the experienced builder a valuable primer.
Inside the Sleep Market
  Most experts agree that providers are taking more proactive steps to boost their sleep business, and our numbers bear that out. In an online survey of our readers conducted in April, just over 36% of respondents said they made regular sales calls to earn business from sleep laboratories or physicians. That's a 24% jump over last year's number.
CPAP: Ease Patient Adjustment
  by Jeffrey B.Wathen, RPSGT
  A CPAP acclimation trial familiarizes patients with a variety of masks and increases treatment compliance.


Departments

  Editor's Message
At Home in the Future
  by Greg Thompson
  Legislative Watch
Prospects for PPS
  by Ann Howard
  Industry News
Power Mobility Final Rule Released
Manufacturing News
  Respiratory Insider
Gray Behrhorst, Airlift Unlimited Inc
  HME Insider
Edward Kutt, DIABCO - HIPAA Billing Systems LLC
  Respiratory Today
Oxygen Optimism
  by Don White
  Our Turn
Unlucky 13 Still a Serious Threat
  by Cara C. Bachenheimer, JD, and David T. Williams

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