"Every Time There Is Change, There Is Opportunity"

HMENews, page 8
August 2010

THE UTAH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT DEALERS ASSOCIATION (UTMED) held its annual conference in May at the Embassy Suites in Salt Lake City. One of the hot topics at the conference:  competitive bidding. Panel speaker Rich McKeown, president and CEO of Leavitt Partners and chief of staff for former HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt, said of the program:  "The train has left the station.  I have no doubt that competitive bidding is here to stay.  There will be some that will adapt and thrive in this new structure and some will just go away.  Every time there is change, there is opportunity."