Various HME products, including: Wein Products' Viramask N99ESC; Aquatic Access' Pool Lift IGAT-180; Gordon Ellis' Derby Basketweave; Prospera's PRO-III; HadleyStilwell Collection; and more.
Ambulatory aids, lift chairs, and ADL products, including: Pride Mobility Products Corp.'s LL-510 Series; Essential Medical Supply's Everyday Essentials Utensil Set; and more.

In a notice posted on the CBIC Web site, CMS opened the 60-day bid window for the Round 1 rebid of DMEPOS competitive bidding.
Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., introduced a bill to repeal DMEPOS competitive bidding, offering a series of minor cuts and a Consumer Price Index freeze as a "pay for" instead.

HHS' Office of Inspector General released its 2010 work plan Oct. 1, and as far as DME is concerned, it sounds like it could be a busy year.
Home infusion therapy meets market need, provides growth opportunity.
Women's health products, including: Prenatal Cradle's prenatal cradle; Tytex's CareFix Post-Mastectomy Bra; Trulife's Silk Encore Allure; Lindi Skin's Lindi Face Wash; and more.

Lighter-weight breast forms, gowns accented with lace, fashionable adaptive clothing, body-shaping products, wigs — today's health care products for women must not only be functional. purveyors say, they must be attractive.
Since December of 2003 when competitive bidding was passed into law, consultants and others have drawn out their vision of how things would look if the DMEPOS bidding program ever came to pass: thousands of HMEs out of business and a relative few companies doing Medicare business in the bid categories.