CMS recently announced that providers must be accredited or have applied for accreditation by May 14, 2008, in order to submit a bid for the second round
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On Jan. 8, Dave McCausland got mad. I was listening to the CMS teleconference announcing the expansion of competitive bidding.
When CMS published its rules for competitive bidding, the possibility that one supplier could subcontract its services to another supplier in order to
How long did it take Noah to build the ark? Although biblical scholars say there is no definitive answer, most people believe it took around 100 years.
As the number of aging citizens in the U.S. continues to increase, ADLs will be increasingly in demand as people look for these products to help make
Kristen McCosh is energetic, talented and well-accomplished. McCosh is a novelist she is writing a series of books featuring women with disabilities as
The home care community has been advocating a suspension in round one of bidding, armed with critical economic studies, projections of thousands of lost
In a late afternooon press conference, CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems announced new payment rates resulting from the first round of Medicare DMEPOS competitive bidding.
Policy-makers in Washington and experts in health care delivery recognize that home care is one of the most cost-effective forms of care. Yet the federal
WASHINGTON As HME advocates gathered in the nation's capital earlier this month to push for a delay of competitive bidding, a CMS official said the agency
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30 years ago In yet another scenario that has since become all too familiar, HME companies were anxiously awaiting the results of proposed Medicare policies
This month in our DME MAC comparison, Jurisdiction C barely made it out of the No. 1 spot and has turned over the title to Jurisdiction D for claim denials
While the Administration's proposed FY 2009 budget package on Medicare and oxygen payment were appropriately dismissed on Capitol Hill, that is not an
On the Monday morning following Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the phone rang and the caller identified himself as a provider. We are looking at our options
In high school physical science, we were supposed to be learning about energy and engines and how stuff works. The truth is, I spent most of my time in