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  • End-of-Year Threats

    As the 109th Congress winds down, the final weeks and months of 2006 demand close attention. One immediate threat relates to the CMS 2007 physician fee
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  • 2006 HomeCaring Awards

    HomeCare’s HomeCaring Awards are given to recognize service and commitment to the home medical equipment community. For 2006, the magazine has recognized
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  • Downsize Those DSOs

    Average Medicare DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) By Product Category DME (E0260, K0001, E0143, etc.) 60 Respiratory (E1390, J7619, E7619, etc.) 47 Rehab
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  • Similar Policy, Same Result

    I am writing this column just prior to Medtrade, a time during which we are spending considerable resources to convince CMS to suspend the Oct. 1, implementation
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  • Show them the Money

    Any business, not just those in home medical equipment, comes to recognize sooner or later that there’s no substitute for skilled, motivated employees.
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  • Need Is Growing for Beds/Support

    Recent studies predict tremendous growth in the beds and support surfaces market within the decade. But the market is plagued with reimbursement woes
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  • PSCs Delay Power Mobility Codes, LCD

    Baltimore After much protest from power mobility manufacturers, providers, consumer groups and lawmakers, the DME Program Safeguard Contractors announced
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  • 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
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  • Manufacturer Briefs

    Access Point Medical said it is adding respiratory products to the company’s DME and mobility offerings. During Medtrade in Atlanta, the company introduced
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  • Selling Tips

    For Beds & Support Surfaces In selling home medical equipment, we try to match up the right products with each patient. In general, however, we tend to
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  • Trends

    Since CMS introduced 64 new power mobility codes in June and said it would implement them Oct. 1, you’ve needed a scorecard to keep up with the fast-moving
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  • Accreditation Central

    Medtrade 2006 September 19-21 Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta It’s a given. If you want to do business with Medicare, mandatory accreditation is
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