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  • Who’s Watching Who?

    I would like to introduce you to a new discipline, one that soon will be a major factor in providing health care: home telehealth. This area is fast developing
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  • The Heart of Persuasion

    Though he stopped lobbying officially years ago, Randy Wolfe is still a tireless advocate for the home care industry. My family was worried that I would
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  • Latest HME News

  • Medtrade Spring Preview

    In Las Vegas, it’s all a roll of the dice but chances are the home care professionals rolling into Glitter Gulch March 21-23 for Medrade Spring will be
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  • Waiting to Exhale

    The squeeze is on for providers of oxygen and inhalation therapy drugs. The respiratory side of the home medical equipment industry, long considered one
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  • Building from the Bottom Up

    In today’s pressure-packed business environment, the words breaking even aren’t especially welcome. But for Iowa Health Home Care, the concept is one
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  • Firing from All Cannons

    In the December 2005 issue of HomeCare, AAHomecare reiterated its call to rally around the home oxygen patient community, which is made up of nearly one
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  • A Pause for Thought

    Congress’ recent decision to delay implementation of the Interim Final Rule outlining documentation rules for Medicare purchases of power wheelchairs
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  • Check New Neb Med Changes Twice!

    Have you been keeping up? Medicare has made some significant changes to the codes you must use to bill for nebulizer medications. The codes used to bill
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  • Medicare Names New DMEPOS Contractors

    Baltimore CMS has named four specialty contractors that will replace the current Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers beginning July 1. The new
    Read More →: Medicare Names New DMEPOS Contractors

  • Downsize Those DSOs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

    Average Medicare DSO(Days Sales Outstanding)By Product Category DME (E0260, K0001, E0143, etc.) 64.8 Respiratory (E1390, J7619, E7619, etc.) 45.1 Rehab
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  • California to Implement Medicaid Provider Rate Cut in 2006

    Sacramento, Calif. Providers are taking a 5 percent Medicaid rate cut in 2006. Although DME is exempt from the cut to Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program,
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  • OIG’s 2006 Work Plan Includes DME Targets

    Washington The HHS Office of Inspector General plans to keep a close eye on HME spending next year. In its 2006 Work Plan, the agency outlined a number
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