As Confirmed Cases Rise, Home Health Industry Turns Its Attention to Coronavirus - Home Health Care News

• California Exemptee Training - for home medical device retailers (HMDR)

Updated October 15, 2025

One of the original links broke (re: checklist).

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"Perhaps most immediately, home health providers may face a shortage of supplies. To avoid that, providers should start checking with their vendors about the continued flow of masks, medication and other key items.

Besides reinforcing their supply line, providers should also review their current emergency response plans and personnel policies, updating both for possible coronavirus outbreaks in their markets.   ...

NAHC released a comprehensive coronavirus checklist on Wednesday. The list — produced with expert advice from Barbara Citarella of RBC Limited Healthcare & Management Consultants — includes several other actions providers should be taking right now."

Read the full source article:  As Confirmed Cases Rise, Home Health Industry Turns Its Attention to Coronavirus - Home Health Care News

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California Exemptee Training - for home medical device retailers (HMDR). State approved by the CDPH. $525 per student. Earns a course completion certificate suitable for your Exemptee license application.

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

What Is the Value of Your DME Business? - HomeCareMag.com

• Buy now! California Exemptee License Training Course
• California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Course for Home Medical Device Retailers (accepted by the California Department of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch)

Read the full article:  What Is the Value of Your DME Business? - HomeCareMag.com

"Common threads among DME company owner valuation statements include: “All DMEs sell for two times annual revenue,” or “My DME should be worth the sum of all of the monies I invested into the company,” or “I wouldn’t consider selling my DME for less than 10 times annual profits.” Those who make these statements are in for a rude awakening when they attempt to sell their company or engage a skilled health care valuation professional."

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California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Course for Home Medical Device Retailers (accepted by the California Department of Public Health - Food and Drug Branch)

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Building a New Drug Wholesaler Compensation Model: What Happens as Brand Inflation Slows? - Drug Channels

• California Designated Representative Training (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy)

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Read the full article:  Building a New Drug Wholesaler Compensation Model: What Happens as Brand Inflation Slows? - Drug Channels

" . . . what this could mean for the Big Three drug wholesalers --- AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. I explain some of the problems that arise when wholesalers are compensated based on a brand-name drug’s list price. I then suggest an alternative approach that would reshape wholesalers’ economics. It appears that even the wholesalers’ trade association supports some sort of new model."

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California Designated Representative Training Course (approved by the California State Board of Pharmacy)

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training 
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Caregiver Marketing Ideas - Be the hero | HME News

• People also buy this California HMDR Exemptee license certification course

This might give you some sales & marketing ideas.

Read the full article: Be the hero | HME News:

. . . "there’s plenty of opportunity for a motivated and determined HME provider to be the hero for the caregivers who sorely need help doing their jobs.

I leave you with this:

#1 How often do you consider the caregiver as a target market for your equipment and services?

#2 Do you offer the technologies they need to help them do their jobs?"

'via Blog this'

Read the AARP report referenced in the full text of the article cited above:

• Caregiving Innovation Frontiers: A universal need, a growing opportunity—leveraging technology to transform the future - AARP (PDF)

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• People also buy this California HMDR Exemptee license certification course

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute