E-commerce, encompassing everything from electronic ordering to just-in-time inventory management, has improved supply-chain logistics in various industries–but not HME, at least not on a wide scale.
While it’s clear that information technology can improve the operations of any HME, the challenge is figuring out how to begin and where to spend your money.
A California Federal District Court has ruled that a supplier need only use a certificate of medical necessity (CMN) to provide information for the determination
Manufacturers of lifts, ramps and transfer devices spend a lot of time brooding over how their products coordinate with the other equipment used by home-based
Baltimore Following a July 2 deadline, CMS is going through nominations for potential members who will serve on the DME Program Advisory and Oversight Committee (PAOC). As mandated by the Medicare Modernization Act, the committee will advise the agency on quality and financial standards, data collection strategies and, ultimately, logistics behind the implementation of competitive bidding for DME. “We received a lot of [nominations] during the last hour — a huge stack of them,” a CMS official said. “It will take awhile to get through them all.” He added that at the time the total number of applications the agency received had not been tallied, and that a date had not yet been set for the final selection of committee members. “We’re just gathering names….
Washington The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a regulation that could alleviate air travel headaches for those using portable oxygen concentrators.
Tallahassee, Fla. As preparations for competitive bidding on Medicaid DME move forward in the Sunshine State, the program will have a new director. Tom
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