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Episode 38: Back to Basics, 4 Ps for HME Retail Cash Sales

Published in Retail Expertise on August 27, 2019

Wes Hopper, Field VP Strategic Sales for McKesson Medical Surgical, joins host Brian Thompson to discuss the retail cash sales opportunity in the DMEPOS marketplace.

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