The rise of home-based treatment has transformed U.S. healthcare, enabling millions of patients to manage chronic conditions with fewer lifestyle restrictions and logistical challenges.¹ But none of that would be possible without home medical equipment (HME)—the range of innovative products that support patients in their home environment.

Outdated HME ordering systems could be costing you $40 per order—and the right technology can help you reclaim it. From inefficient manual processing to lost orders, fax-based orders may be the leading cause of revenue leakage for HME providers.

Digitization is the future of DME ordering—but how should clinicians and HME providers adapt? Recent Senate efforts suggest ePrescribing could become mandatory in the coming years,¹ while long-standing frustrations with fax-based orders have already driven a shift toward digital-first orders.

Patients with chronic conditions often rely on durable medical equipment (DME), but outdated ordering processes are letting them down. Fax-based orders and manual order processing systems leave many waiting in uncertainty for their equipment; one study found that over 54.4% of hospital case workers “always” or “often” had issues accessing basic DME items for Medicare beneficiaries.¹

Over 2.5 million Americans rely on durable medical equipment (DME) to give them dignity and autonomy while suffering from a range of chronic, often debilitating conditions.¹ But navigating DME ordering, coverage, and delivery remains complex for patients and providers alike.

HMP (Home Medical Products) adopted Parachute Health over 2 years ago because their sales reps were struggling to get clean orders to operations, who then could not get orders to patients on time without the paperwork. They tried Parachute Health, and have not looked back! HMP teams are now three times more productive, and can grow business volume with excellent customer service and fast turnaround times. Read on for all the benefits they’ve seen by adopting Parachute Health. 

How long does it take your patients to get diabetes supplies - a month? ePrescribing puts a huge dent in that timeline with clean, complete orders suppliers can accept right away!

Keeping up with the evolving rules for DME ordering from different patient health plans and for different suppliers is a daunting task. And it takes time away from the reason most clinicians chose their career path — helping patients! What’s even worse, not keeping up with the rules leads to errors and inefficiencies, potentially causing delays and discouraging outcomes for patients. Especially when you lose sight of the order after faxing. Read on for a User Story of how ePrescribing on Parachute changes all that. 

Parachute Health is honored to be named to the Digital Health 100 list, for the second year in a row! 

Parachute Health has released the second annual State of DME ePrescribing report that showcases an accelerating transition of the durable medical equipment (DME) industry to ePrescribing. In addition to rapid adoption of DME ePrescribing, data trends highlight opportunities for optimizing patient care and growth for healthcare facilities, clinicians, DME suppliers and manufacturers, health plans, and payviders in 2023 and beyond.