Baltimore In an effort to curb fraud and abuse, CMS has issued new enrollment requirements for Medicare providers and suppliers. A final rule issued last
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Pittsburgh The Deficit Reduction Act's 36-month cap on Medicare home oxygen equipment could drastically alter the HME merger and acquisition climate,
Las Vegas After spending five years and $12 million in development, SeQual is nearly ready to launch its new Eclipse Oxygen System. The concentrator offers
Washington CMS is extending the contracts for two DMERCs because of a protest concerning its award of bids to the new DME Medicare Administrative Contractors
As reimbursements shrink, home care companies across the size and revenue spectrum told us they are working on business processes to improve efficiency
Average Medicare DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) By Product Category DME (E0260, K0001, E0143, etc.) 63 Respiratory (E1390, J7619, E7619, etc.) 46 Rehab
Although manufacturers acknowledge the power wheelchair market may be flat at present, they say this is not cause for alarm. The attitude stems, in part,
Reaching out to locate new sales prospects is becoming more and more difficult. Everyone seems to have a gatekeeper of a sort. Hospitals are stopping
Dallas American HomePatient has announced it is considering an acquisition by Highland Capital Management or another party. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based
I spent a weekend last month with my 84-year-old mother-in-law explaining the ins-and-outs of home health care. She had been bedridden, alone in her apartment,
If you have been following your updates, you will have noticed that a lot of changes are in the works at the DMERCs (soon to become Medicare Administrative
Arcadia Resources, Southfield, Mich., has acquired the Florida operations of Regional Oxygen and Medical Equipment and Encore Respiratory. Both companies,
The home care bed market is placing an increasing emphasis on fall prevention and patient safety. Mike Sedlak, product manager, beds, transitional support
I am often hired by suppliers who complain that their area hospitals are being unfair and favoring one HME company over all others. I am also hired by
Las Vegas Sunrise Medical unveiled its new oxygen home filling system at Medtrade Spring. The DeVilbiss iFill Personal Oxygen Station extracts purified
Invacare Corp./Electric Bed IVC Full Electric Low Bed split spring for one-person delivery low bed design for situations where rails are not desirable
Fraud and abuse. These two words represent to me everything that is wrong within our health care system. There are times when I get the impression that
Murrysville, Pa. Harvard sleep professor David P. White has been named chief medical officer of Respironics. He will be responsible for leading the company's
Lori Krukowski and Cathy Roberts know a good idea when they hear one. In 2004, Krukowski, general manager of Tunkhannock, Pa.-based Lech's Pharmacy, and
Apria Healthcare, Lake Forest, Calif., has appointed Terry P. Bayer to the company's board of directors. Bayer is the COO of Molina Healthcare. His previous