The following Web links may be helpful in your study of Medicare's DMEPOS competitive bidding program. CMS overview of competitive bidding:www.cms.hhs.gov/competitiveacqforDMEPOS/01_overview.asp
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Frankly, it doesn't seem like the best time in the world to open up a home medical equipment company. Reimbursement is down and dwindling. Legislative
A bid you can live with means that it will be competitive and profitable. A noncompetitive but profitable bid doesn't win a contract. A competitive but
Now that the competitive bidding final rule is out, providers located in the 10 metropolitan statistical areas where bidding will begin are forced to
With plans shattered by surprise provisions regarding networks that appeared in the DMEPOS competitive bidding final rule, network members and facilitators
In its final rule on competitive bidding, CMS made a number of changes from its draft proposal. Some of these changes are welcome and offer further insight
As the clock ticks towards the deadline for submitting bids in the 10 competitive bidding areas, it is critical for providers to prioritize activities
While writing about strategies, techniques, tasks and chores, I also want to share a view from the top of the sales process. Even though spending time
All of us have seen various modifiers used to bill HME equipment. They are on the explanation of benefits and in our software. Unfortunately, many HME
More than two dozen prominent providers and manufacturers in the home care sector have issued a call to arms letter to the industry to enlist membership
BALTIMORE--Late Tuesday, CMS announced that suppliers participating in the first round of Medicare's competitive bidding program must be accredited by Aug. 31, 2007, in order to be selected
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services released its final rule on national competitive bidding.
Atlanta The possibility that CMS might expand its sleep-testing policy to include in-home sleep studies has generated talk of enticing opportunities for
I just finished four months of physical therapy. The experience was eye-opening. Not the therapy itself (thankfully that turned out to be successful),
Many successful HME providers have maintained a certain work plan when it comes to providing oxygen therapy: Take care of the patient first and figure
Baltimore In March, CMS introduced its DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor Web site. To be administered by Palmetto GBA, the designated
An analysis by the congressional Joint Commission on Taxation found that President Bush's health care reform plan would increase taxes by $333.6 billion