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  • Last Chance: Lawsuits Ready to Go When CMS Is

    Waterloo, Iowa Last Chance for Patient Choice said it is continuing plans to challenge the legality of the DME competitive bidding portions of the Medicare
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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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