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  • CMS Proposes 18 New Codes For Power Wheelchairs

    Baltimore Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposal that includes 18 new power wheelchairs codes. The proposal was to be discussed at a four-hour public meeting that, at press time, was scheduled for Sept. 1 at the agency’s Baltimore headquarters. Part of a broader government effort to revamp Medicare’s wheelchair benefit, CMS’ coding task force received input from the SADMERC, DMERC medical directors and outside consultants to come up with the proposed codes. The group also studied national power wheelchair claims data over one year. The 18 codes are grouped into three broad categories — Standard, Heavy-Duty and Bariatric — that cover approximately 95 percent of typical code combinations currently billed under K0010, K0011, K0012 and K0014. The groupings…
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  • Join HomeCare at Medtrade 2004 and learn to Create Stores that Sell

    Although the term has traditionally been used to describe HME stores, you should realize that you are really trying to create a successful retail space,
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  • CMS Rolls Out Proposal for Drug Cuts, Face-to-Face Physician Exam

    Washington In a Notice of Proposed Rule Making published in the Aug. 5 Federal Register, CMS included respiratory drug reimbursement cuts for 2005 even more drastic than originally expected. The agency also issued its long-anticipated proposed regulation requiring Medicare beneficiaries to have a face-to-face examination from a physician before receiving a power wheelchair. But in an unexpected turn, the proposal calls for face-to-face patient exams for all items of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS). Detailed following, both proposals are part of CMS’ “Medicare Program; Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule for Calendar Year 2005,” which deals with physician services. Comments on the proposal are due by Sept. 24. The final rule is scheduled to be published Nov. 1 and…
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  • Medtrade 2004 Educational Sessions

    Tuesday, October 26 7:30 A.M. – 8:15 A.M. Opening Session 8:30 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. Meet the HME Experts in Reimbursement 8:30 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. The Consultant’s
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  • Up in the Air

    The number of Americans with asthma and allergies continues to grow. Statistics from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology show that
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  • Incredible, Shrinking DME!

    As a society, we are intrigued by design. We want things to look aesthetically pleasing and stylish. It shows in the vast array of interiors magazines
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  • New Products

    Respironics/CPAP REMstar with C-Flex Call 800/345-6443. Web site: www.respironics.com Circle 495 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Merry Walker/Walker Stand By Me Call 815/678-3388. Web site: www.merrywalker.com Circle 499 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Vantage Mobility Int’l/Minivan Conversion KIA Sedona Call 800/348-8267. Web site: www.vantagemobility.com Circle 492 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Permobil/Power Wheelchair The Street Corpus Call 800/736-0925. Web site: www.permobil.com Circle 501 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. Briggs Corporation/Portable Wheelchair Scale Carry-A-Weigh Call 800/247-2343. Web site: briggscorp.com Circle 472 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. LiftVest/Lifting Vest Poncho LiftVest Call 800/300-5671. Web site: www.liftvest.com Circle 486 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. TiLite/Ultra-Light Manual Wheelchair ZR Call 800/545-2266. Web site: www.tilite.com Circle 489 or visit www.homecaremag.com for company information. SenTech/Bariatric…
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  • Medtrade Product Focus

    BioMedical Life Systems/Electro-therapy System BioStim INF interferential device uses three pre-programmed sweeps: 1-10 Hz for edema reduction, 80-150
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  • Consider Communication

    There is one facet of operation that DME/HME principals should take more time to consider. It is in-house communication. Look upon your employees as team
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  • Looking for Answers

    As home medical equipment providers make their way to Orlando for Medtrade 2004, the venerable trade show’s 25th annual conference and expo, visiting
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  • What’s going on with e-CMNs

    Electronic document exchange (EDE), including the electronic certificate of medical necessity, or e-CMN, has been inching through the HME pipeline for several years.
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  • Get Out Your Fuzzy Slippers

    One of my favorite television commercials shows a professional woman at a business meeting. When the camera pans down, you see that she is sitting at her kitchen table in fuzzy slippers, looking at a computer screen.
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