With Medicare reimbursements continuing a downslide, home medical equipment providers in increasing numbers are looking to cash sales to maintain their
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Atlanta The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has quietly added another city to the list of potential sites for national competitive bidding.
TAMPA, Fla. With national competitive bidding looming, some HME providers are banking on networks to give them the muscle to compete and to survive. In
Home care is entering a new era. Although the profession is young, it has accumulated some years under its belt and can boast a history of expertise and
Whistleblowers are made, not born. When home care company personnel are treated with respect and appropriately kept in the loop, they will almost always
Each year, lots of new words and phrases make their way into our country's common speech. When you look at the terms dictionary-keepers and others record
It might be down, but it's not out. The power wheelchair segment of the home medical equipment industry took some major hits last year as CMS initiated
Baltimore A mid-December meeting between CMS and the industry's 11 DMEPOS accreditors has sent those organizations and many unaccredited providers scrambling.
Baltimore In late November, CMS announced the names of 11 accrediting organizations approved to accredit DMEPOS providers who want to work in the Medicare
New Braunfels, Texas The Scooter Store announced last month that it had laid off 200 employees, blaming Medicare's reimbursement cuts for power mobility
Baltimore CMS revised its power mobility device fee schedule again in mid-December, raising reimbursements for most codes. The agency said its latest
Alexandria, Va. The American Association for Homecare has joined other health care stakeholders in forming a coalition to explore the repeal of competitive
CMS reminds all health care providers that National Provider Identifiers will be required on claims sent on or after May 23, 2007. The agency recommends
What better way to get going in 2007 than to analyze why our claims are getting denied by Medicare? The No. 1 denial reason in 2006 was the annoying CO18
Houston A psychiatrist has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $20 million in restitution for his role in a multi-million-dollar power
Washington Last month, a request for comments on the latest competitive bidding forms was published in the Federal Register, including request for bids
Carex Health Brands/Hot/Cold Therapy Device Original Bed Buddy Hot/Cold Therapy Device moist heat relief for aches and pains ready in minutes for use
The specialty bed and support surface market for wound management earned revenues of $1.6 billion in 2005 and is estimated to reach $2.9 billion in 2012.
Invacare/Mattress Egress EZ designed to reduce the use of bedrails and assist with patient egress, ingress, bed mobility and transfer utilizes 3-inch