You see, I’d just read an article (what was supposed to be leisure reading) in a January issue of The Sporting News. John Feinstein penned an article about college basketball’s dichotomy: graduation rate vs. winning percentage.

In that article, a quote from Duke coach, Mike Krzyzewski, hit me right between the eyes, “We’re overregulated…. Until that changes, things won’t get better.” All of a sudden, that quote transformed my leisure reading into echoing the challenges of HME providers.

“Overregulated.” Obviously, there needs to be some oversight; however, the pendulum has swung so far to the side of punishing innocent HME providers that patients are beginning to feel the pinch.

“Until that changes, things won’t get better.” Not for beneficiaries, not for taxpayers, not for anyone in this health care vertical.