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All aboard for the Medtrade Spring 2018 show! It comes to the Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Convention Center March 27-29. Its hte second largest trade show in the U.S. focused exclusively on the home medical equipment market. Emerald Expositions, the shows owner, touts Medtrade Spring 2018 as designed to give todays providers the highest quality educational, networking, and advocacy opportunities -- and the largest selection of HME products under one roof. While considerably smaller than the fall Medtrade show held in Atlanta every year, the spring event is noted for attracting a home healthcare crowd hungry for new products, especially in the retail sector. One provider I talked to says he always tries to come back home from the Las Vegas show with at least three new retail products to help him keep ahead of his competition. While booth sales have reportedly remained brisk for Medtrade 2018, there is one class of exhibitors that has not been asked back. York Schwab, Account Executive for

For Cathy Work, a happy-go-lucky grandmother and resident of Sandusky, Ohio, life changed for the better when she found out about OxyGo POCs. A small OxyGo POC gave her back a sense of independence and the opportunity to once again live a happy and meaningful life. When health issues related to scarred lungs forced Cathy to be put on continuous flow oxygen in her home, her life changed. Used to coming and going as she pleased, the restrictions of being tethered to oxygen tanks 24/7 sent her spiraling into a hurtful depression. It tested her will power and those of the loving family around her. We interviewed Cathy and her daughter Angela about their experience. Click below to view their interviews and hear their wonderful stories in their own words! Cathys Story Angelas Story

Jason Flanigan, Applied Home HealthCares national accounts manager, has seen the future and it is loaded with high profit potential for DMEs and HMEs that ride the wave of change taking place in oxygen delivery methods. The way to survive the future with oxygen is to get as many of your patients off cylinder delivery as you can, says Jason. The market is changing in favor of POCs because POCs are what patients want and POCs such as OxyGo make so much more economic sense in todays competitive and regulatory environment. Looking at it from voice of the doctor and the patient, Jason points out that availability and quality is the key. Medicare reimbursement numbers show a clear growing trend toward the use of POCs. Doctors want to know that the DME they recommend can take care of their oxygen recommendations and carry the POC products their patients need and the brands they request. Patients are demanding high quality products because they are seeing their co-pays rise and DMEs are making

Are air travel logistics with your POC a source of anxiety? OxyGo and OxyGo FIT are FAA-Compliant portable oxygen solutions! On August 23, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) made a rule change that streamlined the process of approving portable oxygen concentrators (POCs). Rather than continuing to approve POCs on a case-by-case basis, the FAA has established acceptance criteria for POCs used on aircraft. Each compliant POC needs to have a label from the manufacturer identifying it as adhering to this critera. Were happy to announce that our OxyGo and OxyGo Fit is FAA-compliant, and bears the necessary labeling on the back of the device. OxyGo FIT keeps goingand helps you soar to new heights! Additional Resources: FAA Website Advisory Circular 120-95A - Portable Oxygen Concentrators Document Information Official FAA Ruling

Did you know that the warranty for our popular 5-setting OxyGo has changed from three years to five? We are confident in extending our warranty due in large part to the reliability and quality of our 5-setting OxyGo POC. As you know, OxyGo POCs are the most reliable in our industry with a return rate for all causes of less than 1.7%. And going forward, your 5-setting OxyGo will not only provide most capable, reliable, quality, quiet, and patient-demanded POC in the market, it now has a five-year warrantymeaning that now your customers have even more reasons to use OxyGo for all their POC needs! Please note that this new warranty only applies to the 5-setting OxyGo. The OxyGo Fit will remain with the current 3-1-1 warranty. OxyGo sieve bed and battery warranties will remain at one year. The new five-year warranty is effective only with 5-setting OxyGo POCs shipped on or after April 3rd, 2017 and does not apply to units previously sold (i.e., the new five-year warranty on the unit

Recently, CMS announced another round of oxygen reimbursement cuts. To combat this new decrease you need to not only reduce your costs, but win more patient referrals and gain cash sales. OxyGos Smart Delivery Strategy does both, enabling your business to go from just surviving to thriving. OxyGos unique Smart Delivery model has two unique components: First, the OxyGo Family of Portable Oxygen Concentrators reduces your oxygen costs by up to 38% by limiting deliveries. OxyGo POCs are reliable and easy for patients to use, so you can give them quality service without the large quantities of delivery. Second, OxyGo is the most demanded POC by patients which equates to an increase in business for you. The user changeable batteries, extra batteries, small size and sleek appearance are features that patients and referral sources look for... and with the aging baby boomer population, OxyGo has the features that patients will pay cash for. Reduce Oxygen Costs Equipment costs are only a

NEW STATIONARY CONCENTRATOR ELIMINATES COSTLY OXYGEN DELIVERIES TO HIGH FLOW PATIENTS Westlake, OH. OxyHome, a sister product to OxyGo, a leading supplier of portable oxygen concentrators (POC), has introduced a new stationary oxygen concentrator (SOC), OxyHome 10 by Nuvo. This new concentrator bridges the gap between POCs and large bulky oxygen tanks that take up way too much space and require needless servicing expense, said Kevin Smith, OxyGo and OxyHome Director of Business Development. This SOC makes many of those older, bulkier tanks look like oxygen dinosaurs, Smith added. Smith cites four key advantages of the new OxyHome stationary concentrator: It provides DMEs with big savings by eliminating costly gas or liquid oxygen deliveries to high flow patients. 10 lpm/20 psi oxygen delivery enables use of standard accessories and long tubing runs with no restriction of flow. OxyHome delivers 20 psi at 10 liters per minutewhich can allow patients to attach accessories down line

Now its even easier to go non-delivery with the OxyGo POC!Take advantage of2.99 APR financing rates, available now! Option 1: 2.99 APR for 36 Months Orders of 5+ OxyGo units, 36 Months at 2.99 APR Requirements: One month security due at signing Subject to creditapproval Certain pricing may not qualify for financing programs Minimum of 5 or more units to qualify Option 2: 3 Months Deferred, followed by 33 payments at 4.5 APR Requirements: One month security due at signing Subject to creditapproval Certain pricing may not qualify for financing programs Minimum of 5 or more units to qualify Hurry! Offer is valid until June 30, 2016. Take advantage of these specials and see how the non-delivery model can save your business time and money. Call us at 888-327-0731 or email us at oxygo@applied-inc.com

PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release, Competitive Bidding, Round #2 Re-compete FROM Dave Marquard, CEO Owner March 21, 2016 On Tuesday evening, March 15, 2016, CMS announced another round of oxygen reimbursement cuts as high as 16% to be effective in the next few months. You can reduce or save 38% of your oxygen costs with every new patient, patients that are distant or use a lot of tanks or even all your oxygen patients. This action will more than offset the cuts and improve your profitability, by adopting the OxyGo Non-Delivery Business Model and we can help. First, equipment costs are only a small fraction of the cost drivers for serving oxygen patients. The majority of tangible costs or expenses of serving oxygen patients are operations costs like labor, delivery, and compliance expenses. Lets examine how to reduce or eliminate these expenses by replacing tanks with a portable oxygen concentrator (POC) and a stationary oxygen concentrator (SOC). Click here to find out

Be sure to stop by booth #836 to take advantage of our new show specials! Medtrade Spring - March 1-2, 2016 Check out our NEW OxyGo POC - Now with a 5th setting! On display in our booth with FREE demos! Get a FREE copy of our Home HealthCare TODAY magazine, with extra savings inside! Get your copy today, just click here. See our popular liquid to gas oxygen transfilling system. Win! $100 Amazon Gift Card - visit booth #836 for more information We look forward to seeing everyone in Las Vegas! Questions? Give us a call at 888-327-7301.