Looking at Medicare denial percentages for the E0607, home blood glucose monitor, the high numbers have held steady at 35 percent in 2009 and 35.3 percent for the first quarter of 2010.
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Cold calling, and solicitation of potential customers generally, is frowned upon except in certain circumstances and must be handled very carefully.
Oxygen customers want choice, you need company viability. It's time for a patient-provider partnership.
Manufacturers say that's the message in this 'booming' market.
The following listing of business software/technology vendors was compiled from the HomeCare Buyers' Guide.
Adoption of this Code of Business Ethics should help providers preserve their hard-earned respect and credibility while ensuring that they are complying with regulations and laws.
Make sure you know provisions in health reform law — and abide by them.
Tell your team to forget the way it is done. They are starting over. Forget the resources they have and don't have — nothing is off limits.
Learn from your own business and buying experiences.
Various HME products, GF Health Products' Lumex Patriot Liberty Bed Rail Line; Ki Mobility's Little Wave Tsunami; ActiveCare's Wildcat 450 Bariatric Power Chair; and more.
AAHomecare issued a national press release "to underscore the Government Accountability Office finding that the processing of Medicare reimbursement claims for HME continues to be a problem — despite CMS efforts to implement reforms."
The Texas Alliance for Home Care Services and a Dallas provider filed a lawsuit today against the Department of Health and Human Services and the CMS for failure to conduct notice and comment rulemaking in order to specify financial standards that providers must meet under the DMEPOS competitive bidding program.
The foundation is laid, now the building begins. That's the word from some 160 complex rehab advocates who lobbied hard for a separate Medicare benefit for complex rehab during the CELA Conference.
Going after the criminals in the HME sector shouldn't include forcing small providers to the brink of bankruptcy.
Best practices in home medical equipment. Following are some of the more useful concepts and ideas I've seen that can help your company work better.
Bariatric products, including: Drive Medical's Full Electric Bariatric Bed 15300; Home Aid's P-462 Shower/Commode Chair; Golden Technologies' Golden Compass; and more.
The E0181 has an overall 15.2 percent denial rate, and one of the top denial reasons is CO50: These are non-covered services because this is not deemed a "medical necessity" by the payer.
Declining unprofitable business (which could mean actually saying no to referral sources) joins the list of coping mechanisms.
VGM's John Gallagher and Mark Higley track the current barrage of legislative and regulatory challenges.
There are some proven techniques to avoid (and sometimes completely eliminate) the lunch factor in getting to see the referral source.