Author
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.
-
-
CMS Opens Competitive Bidding
CMS announced it has opened the bid window for the first round of DMEPOS competitive bidding. Bids are due on July 13, 2007. -
Trends
The home health care market continues to grow and eventually most consumers will need bath safety products. But traditional products that look institutional -
Receiving the PR96 denial
There are several instances in which a provider could receive this denial. -
Bath Safety/ADLs
Invacare/Transfer Bench CareGuard Tool-less Transfer Bench deep, wide seating surface textured with drain holes ergonomic back rest with built-in hand -
New Products
TRG/Portable Liquid O2 System Electronic Escort Portable oxygen flow delivers 16.5 CCs of oxygen for each liter per minute durable electronic conserving -
Notable & Quotable
U.S. Rep. John Tanner, D-Tenn., shown talking with constituents, has introduced the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Access Act of 2007 (H.R. 1845), -
CMS Issues NCB Final Rule
Years of conjecture and mounting anxiety about the final rule for national competitive bidding ended on April 2 when CMS unveiled the document -
First-Round Bid
10 Cities Medicare's DMEPOS competitive bidding program will launch in 10 of the country's largest MSAs: Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC Cincinnati-Middletown, -
Bidding Criteria
Under CMS criteria, in order to be eligible to participate in competitive bidding, an HME provider must: Be in good standing with the Medicare program