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CMS Puts the Brakes on 2005 Oxygen Fee Announcement
Baltimore Oxygen claims will be put on hold for the first few weeks of the new year as home medical equipment providers wait for Medicare to issue the
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HomeCare Staff
HomeCare staff Meg Herndon and Hannah Wolfson were joined by writers Kristin Easterling and Gail Short to tell these stories. Tamara Davie’s photo on page 32 was taken by Ursula Hope Photography.
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Do You Need More Sleep?
While the industry's focus and most of its headlines were on the mobility sector last year, providers told HomeCare they are pinning their hopes on continued -
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Medicare Finalizes Part B Drug Rates
Baltimore In December, CMS released its long-awaited Part B drug price schedule for the first quarter of 2005, effective Jan. 1 through March 31. As predicted, -
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Q&A With Hoveround’s Tom Kruse
When you turn onto Whitfield Industrial Way in Sarasota, Fla., you're turning into Hoveround territory. In an unassuming industrial park, Hoveround Corp., -
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GAO Recommends Ways to Curb Fraud, Abuse
Washington In a December report, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommended steps Medicare should take to help curb abuse of the program's -
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Work Group’s Wheelchair Coverage Proposal Echoes Many HME Industry Demands
Baltimore A federal panel's proposals to help revamp Medicare's wheelchair benefit spells out many actions the HME industry has pushed hard for in recent -
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Manual Wheelchairs & Accessories
Invacare/Wheelchair IVC Tracer EX2 dual-axle positions allow variation of seat-to-floor heights 14-gauge cross-braces urethane rear tires mounted on no -
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Former EPA Chief Nominated to Fill HHS Post
Washington Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Mike Leavitt has been nominated by President Bush to replace Tommy Thompson as Secretary -
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Medicare Makes $20 Billion in Overpayments
Baltimore Medicare overpaid $20.8 billion in claims in fiscal 2004 while making $900 million in underpayments, according to CMS. All told, the errors -
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Competitive Bidding Committee Finds More Questions than Answers at December Meeting
Baltimore Which products should be selected and where it should take place are among the issues a committee advising CMS on how to implement DME competitive