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When Does the 36-Month Oxygen Rental Period Restart?
		
When Does the 36-Month Oxygen Rental Period Restart?

	
		
6 scenarios in which HME providers can legally restart  the oxygen rental period

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Helping Consumers Navigate the Breast Pump Insurance Benefit
		
Helping Consumers Navigate the Breast Pump Insurance Benefit

	
		
Managing the circumstances of returning to work or a NICU baby

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Can More Rehab at Home Save the Health Care System?
		
Can More Rehab at Home Save the Health Care System?

	
		
Bundled payments demonstrated savings

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Exploring 5 Standards for Meeting QAPI
		
Exploring 5 Standards for Meeting QAPI

	
		
Agencies are left to create their own forms and reporting tools

	
           
        	













  








  

    





	
			
HCAF Conference Endnotes and the Move to Meet Benchmarks

	
		

	Homecare Association of Florida wrapped up its 28th Annual Conference and Trade Show.

Kyle Simon, director of Government Affairs and Communications, said the number of sessions, speakers and...	

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Managing Medicaid Patients in the Incontinence Market
		
Managing Medicaid Patients in the Incontinence Market

	
		
How retail products can overcome reimbursement woes

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Forging Paths to Success in a Tough Market
		
Forging Paths to Success in a Tough Market

	
		
Engaging new payer types with contracts and other opportunities

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Is Rural Bid Implementation the End of the World?

	
		
Providers can survive more reimbursement cuts on the horizon

	
           
        	













  








  

    





	
			
Managed Care Contracting and Reimbursement

	
		
Get the most out of payer negotiations

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
A New Solution to Billing Fraud

	
		
States spend millions of dollars every year on fraudulent home care bills

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
	
Hands Off My Legs!

	
	

	WASHINGTON D.C. (September 2, 2015)—When the four DME MACs released draft local coverage determinations (LCDs) for lower limb prosthetics on July 16, they had no idea what they were in for.

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CMS Conducts Final ICD-10 Testing

	
	

	WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 27, 2015)—From July 20 through 24, 2015, Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) health care providers, clearinghouses, and billing agencies participated in a third successful ICD-10...	


           
        	





  








  

    





	
			
Understanding the Importance of the Provider Enrollment Process

	
		
Signed, sealed, denied: buyer beware

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
TENS Unit HCPCS E0720 and E0730

	
		
Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) Devices, HCPCS E0720 and E0730, are challenging items to get paid.

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
CO16: Claim/service lacks information which is needed for adjudication

	
		
CO16Claim/service lacks information which is needed for adjudication The CO16 denial code alerts you that there is information that is missing in order

	
           
        	













  



  

    





	
			
Apria to Pay $17.6 Million to Settle Charges

	
		
Lake Forest, Calif. Apria Health-care has reached a preliminary agreement with the government and whistleblowers to pay $17.6 million