Medicare's competitive bidding program for DMEPOS begins Jan. 1, and providers across the nine Round 1 bidding areas are bracing for what most believe will be difficult fallout from the drastic change in provision of home medical equipment.
December 2010
December 2010
Medicare doctors get a reprieve but standard PWC providers don't when Congress passed the Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010.
Sunrise Medical announced that it will discontinue the Quickie Ti Titanium and the Quickie GTi effective Dec. 31, 2010, both constructed with titanium, in favor of chairs made with 7000 series aluminum.
CMS reminded providers that under the Affordable Care Act, all fee-for-service claims dating from Jan. 1, 2010, and beyond must be submitted within one year of service or face automatic denial.
Before the advent of e-prescribing at Boardman Medical Supply, it was a constant struggle to obtain and track the needed information to support an order for HME equipment from a referral source.