WATERLOO, Iowa — VGM Group said Friday it has entered the exploding home modifications market with a new company called Accessible Home Improvement of America.
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ATLANTA — Accreditors reported an influx of DMEPOS providers striving to meet CMS' soft Jan. 31 application date, but whether there will be enough companies accredited by the Sept. 30 mandatory date to serve Medicare beneficiaries is anyone's guess.
AMARILLO, Texas — With all the confusion surrounding CMS' new post-cap oxygen payment rules, it's time for some answers. In a special series for HomeCare Monday, Lisa K.
Calling it "the first step" to health coverage for "every single American," on Wednesday President Obama signed the SCHIP bill into law to reauthorize and expand the program. The State Children's Health Insurance Program, which covers low-income children whose families don't qualify for Medicaid, was to expire March 31 without congressional action.
As President Obama's advisers mull new choices to lead the nation's health care reform effort, Republicans in the House of Representatives have set up a task force to shape their version of health reform legislation. The group includes several members who have championed HME issues, among them Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga.
CMS has scheduled its next Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum Feb. 18 from 2-3 pm ET. To participate by phone, call 800/837-1935 and reference Conference ID 70015483.
AAHomecare's Medical Supplies Council sent a letter to the DME MAC medical directors Wednesday asking for help on getting medical records documentation from physicians for glucose testing supplies.
Having trouble keeping up with new policies, new rules, new payments? Then catch up with the DME MACs at Medtrade Spring.
BALTIMORE — CMS issued additional guidance on oxygen billing Jan. 27, and, while the instruction came three weeks after the 36-month oxygen cap took effect Jan. 1, it did bring a few small sighs of relief.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced a wide-ranging health care bill Tuesday that seeks to exempt rural areas from DMEPOS competitive bidding. Specifically, the measure applies to MSAs with a population of 600,000 or less.
ATLANTA — Struggling under a 9.5 percent reimbursement cut that took effect Jan. 1, complex rehab providers are appealing to legislators to reverse the cut, and they're looking to consumer groups to add muscle to the message.
ELYRIA, Ohio — On Thursday, Invacare Corp. announced its
AMARILLO, Texas — With all the confusion surrounding CMS' new post-cap oxygen payment rules, it's time for some answers. In a special series for HomeCare Monday, Lisa K. Smith, Esq., an attorney with the Health Care Group at Brown & Fortunato, P.C., a law firm based in Amarillo, Texas, responds to several of home medical equipment providers' most common questions about the new rules.
SAN DIEGO — SeQual Technologies said Jan. 15 its Eclipse oxygen concentrator has received Airworthiness certification from the U.S. Army for use aboard MEDEVAC H-60 Black Hawk helicopters.
PHILADELPHIA — Orthopedic supports manufacturer Bilt-Rite Orthopedics and Safety has acquired the Medical Products division of Mastex Industries, which makes hot and cold therapy packs, heating pads, wheelchair cushions, mattress overlays and other comfort pillow products. Mastex brands include Gel-eeze overlays and Thermalfreeze therapy packs. Bi
WAYNE, Pa. — Paragon Ventures announced last week it has formed Highway Capital to provide business owners with access to broad-based capital for growth, recapitalization and expansion.
MIAMI — Independent Living Systems, a management services company focused on introducing managed care to populations with chronic care and other special care needs, has appointed Josefina G. Carbonell as senior vice president of long-term care.
As stories of a snag in his confirmation as HHS secretary floated across the Internet, ABC News reported late Friday that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., owed more than $128,000 in back taxes mostly on a car-and-driver service. The revelation came just two weeks after Timothy Geithner, President Obama's nominee as treasury secretary, admitted he owed $34,000 in taxes.
The National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers, Halifax, Va., said it is offering its 2009 Grassroots Legislative Support Program to all NAIMES and state association members at no cost. The program includes congressional staff updates, legislators' town hall meeting information and a "Congress tracker" that tracks activity for all members of Congress.
As of January, 45 states face budget shortfalls this year and next, and at least 25 of them have plans to — or already have — cut various public health services and insurance programs for low-income residents to reduce those deficits.