The A6243 — hydrogel dressing, wound cover, sterile pad, each — has an overall denial percentage of 19.4.
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If ever there was a time to get involved, it is now.
When Chris Kinard asked Medtrade Spring attendees to describe the HME industry's current condition in one word, some of the responses he got were "catastrophe," "chaos," "uncertainty," "change" and "craziness."
You are not in business to break even; you are in business to make a profit.
You can't run, you can't hide from HHS' new authority.
HME providers toiling in the school of hard knocks know mistakes happen, and they can be costly.
Various HME products, including: VMI's Fiorella Platform Lift; ResMed's S9 VPAP Series; ActiveCare Medical's Cobalt X23; Lavin Lift's Lift Strap; Sky Med's SureStep Tip; Left Coast Sports' Grip-n-Assist; and more.
Bariatrics is a big growth market, but you've got to know — and show — the products.
Seating and positioning, including: Invacare's Matrx Personal Back 10; Blue Chip Medical Products' Chair-Air 9700CAF; Aquila Corp.'s Airpulse PK; Karman Healthcare's Ergo Fit; and more.
Lifelong friends tackle the 26-mile run — 25 years after they did it the first time.
Here's what a sample of providers attending the annual conference and expo had to say.
"Roughly 100 days into it, I can't tell you yet we're a survivor," Geller said at a Medtrade Spring session called "Round 1 Lessons Learned."
For Klingensmith HealthCare, the important factor in a patient's hospital-home equation is the DASH in between.
HME billers' nemesis, the KX modifier is back in the spotlight after a notice from Jurisdiction B reminded providers that its improper use could lead to a false claims violation and a hefty fine.
In only a few more days, direct dial-up options to the Common Electronic Data Interchange will no longer be available. As of May 1, all providers will be required to use an approved network service vendor for access
National Government Services, Jurisdiction B DME MAC, said it is continuing a widespread prepayment medical review for K0823 power chairs.
Under a revised schedule presented today at a meeting of the Program Advisory and Oversight Committee, the implementation of Round 2 will not begin until the summer of 2013.
As a kid, my son's favorite movie was one of the hokiest Japanese sci-fi monster flicks ever. I can't count the number of times that on family movie night,
The HME industry's effort to repeal competitive bidding got a critical boost last month with the introduction of H.R. 1041 by Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa.,
According to some great information RemitDATA has provided, the overall denial rate for the E0143 (walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height)