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  • Moving Toward the Masses

    The CPAP market looks a lot like the rest of the home care industry these days: full of potential mixed with uncertainty.
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  • More RAD Requests

    As the sleep community becomes more aware of the incidence of complex sleep apnea, HME providers are seeing more requests to distribute the E0471 respiratory
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  • Stark: In Current Audit Climate, You’re ‘Guilty until Proven Innocent’

    HME providers face situations every day that fall into areas of gray, but the unforgiving climate of Medicare audits is all black-and-white.
    Read More →: Stark: In Current Audit Climate, You’re ‘Guilty until Proven Innocent’

  • 90% Error Rate on K0823 Claims — Forms Won’t Work, Noridian Says

    A Jurisdiction D DME MAC prepayment review of K0823 power wheelchairs has resulted in a 90% error rate, mostly because of lack of documentation, according to a Noridian Administrative Services notice.
    Read More →: 90% Error Rate on K0823 Claims — Forms Won’t Work, Noridian Says

  • H.R. 1041 Introduced to Repeal Competitive Bidding

    H.R. 1041, the new bill to repeal DMEPOS competitive bidding, which is called the Fairness in Medicare Bidding Act, was introduced Friday by Reps. Jason Altmire, D-Pa., and Glenn Thompson, R-Pa.
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  • Q&A with Jeff Baird: What the Federal E-Sign Act Means for You

    “Fortunately, technology and a federal statute have intervened to make it easier for the provider to obtain the beneficiary’s signature. In a number of instances, a ‘blue ink’ signature is not required.”
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  • Transcript Available for CERT Call on Oxygen

    Both a written transcript and audio version of a CERT Ask the Contractor call on oxygen policy has been posted on the DME MACs’ websites.
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  • NHIC Posts Results of K0823 Prepay Review

    After concluding its most recent widespread prepayment review of claims for power wheelchairs (HCPCS K0823), NHIC, the DME MAC for Jurisdiction A, will continue to review those claims.
    Read More →: NHIC Posts Results of K0823 Prepay Review

  • Don’t Knock The Mock

    As this issue went to press, economist Peter Cramton had invited home medical equipment stakeholders to an industry shindig of sorts — a Medicare conference that has as its centerpiece a mock HME auction.
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  • March-ing On

    National competitive bidding may have started, but the industry hasn’t stopped its efforts to get the program repealed.
    Read More →: March-ing On

  • Check New Rules On Removal of LCA

    With the elimination of the least costly alternative (LCA) determination, the following rules apply under this new guidance:
    Read More →: Check New Rules On Removal of LCA

  • You Be the Judge

    How are things going with competitive bidding? It depends who you ask.
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