HME Products
Various HME products, including: Definitive Homecare Solutions' CPR+ Smartphone; Blue Chip Medical Products' FSA Pressure Mapping System; Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's SmartStick Net; and more.
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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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Bariatric Products
Bariatric products, including: Drive Medical's Full Electric Bariatric Bed 15300; Home Aid's P-462 Shower/Commode Chair; Golden Technologies' Golden Compass; and more. -
‘Mobility Matters’ Documents Wheelchair Denial
The issue documents the case of a 68-year-old amputee from Yucca Valley, Calif., whose Medicare claim for a power wheelchair was denied. -
Providers Question Oxygen Maintenance Rules, HHA Payments Collection
The thrust of CMS' Open Door Call April 14 might have been hospice and home health agencies, but officials were peppered with questions regarding home oxygen, competitive bidding financial standards and -
CELA a Pivotal Point in Move toward Separate Rehab Benefit
Is this the year complex rehab finds a voice — and a benefit — of its own? Key stakeholders believe it is, and they are banking on the upcoming -
Beds & Support Surfaces
Beds & Support Surfaces, including: Aquila Corp.'s Airpulse PK; EHOB's Waffle Expansion Control Mattress Overlay; and more. -
HME Products
Various HME products, including: GF Health Products' Lumiscope Blood Pressure Monitors; Health o meter's ProPlus Portable Wheelchair Scale; and more. -
Lose-Lose Situation with Strike of Power Wheelchair Purchase Option
Who is the biggest loser under Congress' new mandate to eliminate the first-month purchase option for standard power wheelchairs? -
CMS Updates Signature Requirements
CMS updated its signature guidelines for medical review. -
‘Groundhog Day’ for Medicare Audits?
President Obama's plan to hunt down perpetrators of Medicare fraud with "high-tech bounty hunters" is likely to create problems for legitimate providers and doesn't address the real problem — keeping the bad actors out of the system in the first place, Walt Gorski said.