Repair or Replace?
Once equipment has become damaged or inoperable, you must determine whether you should repair the item or replace it. Medicare has specific guidelines
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Jane Bunch
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Movin’ On Up
As the baby boomers enter retirement, we have seen, and will continue to see, tremendous changes in the way many businesses cater to them. Baby boomers, -
Keep the Sharks at Bay
At some time or another, every HME provider has most likely received a copy of a prepayment or postpayment audit letter. Prepayment letters are generated -
Demystifying Modifiers
All of us have seen various modifiers used to bill HME equipment. They are on the explanation of benefits and in our software. Unfortunately, many HME -
Life After the O2 Cap
The sentiment expressed by Jimmy Buffett in Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On, a song done as a tribute to Katrina victims, seems appropriate as a way -
Sharpen Your Pencil
It will be beneficial for your company to begin activity-based costing as a means to determine how much any particular item actually costs you to provide. -
Learning Your ABCs
Activity-based costing is the new buzzword around our industry. Everyone is talking about it, but what is it really and how can it help you? If you look -
Knowledge Is Power
In the past I have talked about the importance of signing up for the e-mail listserv for your DME Medicare Administrative Contractor. Another important -
Who Does What?
With reimbursements getting tighter by the day, changing forms and new claims requirements, this is a good time to review your accounts receivable process -
Charting the Changes
In order for an Advanced Determination of Medicare Coverage to be accepted for a wheelchair after Aug. 10, 2006, the following demographic items must