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Episode 14: Exploring Telehealth within the HME Community

Published in Member Communities on September 19, 2018

Today we sit down with Jeff Baird, Chairman of the Health Care Group of Brown & Fortunato to discuss what telehealth could look like for HME suppliers as the industry does everything it can to stretch each and every penny.

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