Various HME products, including: Otto Bock's Kiwi Pediatric Wheelchair; PP&R Products' Comfort Caddy; GF Health Products' Lumex AltaDyne 765000; Quantum Rehab's Synergy Solution; Diabco's ARX-Lite; and more.
March 2011
While the timing of the national mail-order bid for diabetic supplies has not yet been announced, here are the basics of what the program will look like:
Round 1 contract providers in the Charlotte, Miami and Orlando competitive bidding areas have reported CO-108 denials on standard power wheelchair claims, reports AMEPA.
160 providers, clinicians and consumers attending the annual CELA Conference helped push a separate Medicare benefit for complex rehab the first step of the way with more than 220 visits to legislators
Join DMEPOS consultant Andrea Stark on March 22 as she takes you inside the world of Medicare's latest weapons in its audit arsenal — RACs and ZPICs.
The environment may not rank high among the top priorities at most HME companies, but officials at Maldonado Medical believe a green initiative can help their company stay in the black.
More than 300 complex rehab stakeholders will muster their muscle toward getting a separate Medicare benefit for the category during the Continuing Education and Legislative Advocacy Conference Feb. 16-18.
An AAHomecare task force has published a white paper that concludes some Medicare audits are not only unfair but also contrary to coverage criteria and don't comply with applicable laws and regulations.
A written transcript and audio recording of a national call hosted by CMS called "Preparing for ICD-10 Implementation in 2011" is now available
Fuller Rehabilitation employees have been laid off and its lender has seized the assets of the company, according to a story in
Providers look to new opportunities in beds and support surfaces.
Now's a good time to fight bad regulations.
I met Elaine Levin years ago at Medtrade. She was working on a concept for a walker, she said, one that didn't look or act anything like traditional walkers on the market.
There are 60 House freshmen who need to be educated on competitive bidding.
Many providers have added therapeutic shoes for diabetics in recent years, but there are strict Medicare documentation requirements associated with providing the product.
Getting the most out of the removal of 'least costly alternative'.
Your accreditor is an extension of CMS, so keep up communication.
Economist Peter Cramton explains his redesign of competitive bidding.
Don't waive your copays goodbye!
Cash-based bath products business can help consumers and make up margin.