Cigna Wheelchair Week Webinars
Cigna Government Services, the Jurisdiction C DME MAC, has brought back its popular "Wheelchair Week" Webinars on manual and power mobility coverage guidelines and documentation.
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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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Q&A: The HITECH Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act made $19 billion available for health information technology through the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. -
Oxygen Products and Accessories
Oxygen products and accessories, including: DeVilbiss Healthcare's iGo; Responsive Respiratory's Cylinder Silencers; and more. -
HME Products
Various HME products, including: Invacare's Top End Pro Wheelchairs; Rifton's Activity Chair; ResMed's Swift FX; and more. -
CMS Delays PECOS Edits
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it will delay implementation of claims edits for the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System, or PECOS, until Jan. 3, 2011. -
RESNA Expands Certification in Seating and Positioning
RESNA is now offering a specialized certification in seating, positioning and wheeled mobility. -
HME Products
Various HME products, including: Golden Technologies' Buzzaround Lite Travel Scooter; GF Health Products' John Bunn Neb-a-Doodle; and more. -
Wheelchair Cushions/Seating and Positioning
Wheelchair cushions, seating and positioning, including: EHOB's Waffle Bariatric Seat Cushion; Bilt-Rite/Mastex Industries' Foam Wheelchair Back Cushion; Invacare's Contoura Back; and more. -
A Couple of Notes on the PECOS File
CMS released its searchable PECOS database, complete with the names of physicians and non-physician practitioners registered -
OIG Spots Trouble with the KX
Use of the KX modifier didn't help in ensuring that DMEPOS providers had supporting documentation on file for their claims — at least in 2006