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Working Down Denials
The denial reason code CO150 (Payment adjusted because the payer deems the information submitted does not support this level of service) is No. 5 on the list of RemitDATA's Top 10 denial codes for Medicare claims....
U.S. Supreme Court Sides with CMS in Maximum Comfort Case
REDDING, Calif.--The U.S. Supreme Court refused last week to review an appeals court decision that further documentation beyond a CMN could be required for Medicare to pay a claim for a power wheelchair...
Complex Rehab Stakeholders Worried about 'Magnitude of Pain'
ATLANTA--With just a small window of time before the Jan. 1, 2009, implementation of a 9.5 percent reimbursement cut, complex rehab stakeholders are uniting to build a case for exemption from the reduction...
ATS Requirement Still Murky, Stakeholders Say
ATLANTA--A CMS regulation regarding assistive technology suppliers is still evoking concern and confusion, even though it was implemented April 1, industry stakeholders said last week...
Rehab Carve-Out Gets Boost from Senate Trio
WASHINGTON--Complex rehab stakeholders got a big boost last week when three legislators introduced a Senate companion to H.R. 2231, the House complex rehab carve-out bill. ...
Complex Rehab Stakeholders Buoyed by Push for Carve-Out
WASHINGTON--After months of frustration in their battle for a complex rehab carve-out from competitive bidding, stakeholders left Washington, D.C....
NRRTS, NCART Head to the Hill
WASHINTGON--The National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers and the National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology are headed to Capitol Hill this week to ask Congress to exempt complex rehab from national competitive bidding....
'Doc Fix' Is Back, and So Are Possible Cuts
WASHINGTON--The so-called “doc fix” is back. And, once again, that could mean trouble for HME...
Complex Rehab Stakeholders: 'It's Bad'
ATLANTA--The industry is reeling from the across-the-board cuts set in round one of competitive bidding, but nowhere is this more true than in the complex rehab sector....
