On what Congress needs to know We're not really fraudulent. We're not overpaid. We're a small percentage of the whole pie.

We all realize federal legislators and regulators seem to think this industry is full of crooks, and that perception colors much of how HME providers are treated by Congress and CMS.

CMS has announced the next steps in its implementation of the Round One rebid of competitive bidding.

Saying it threatens the quality of beneficiary care and provider well-being, the AAHomecare's RATC called on the DME MAC medical directors to withdraw a new wheelchair repair policy.

The Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition, a consumer-led group of more than 70 seventy disability, aging, health and provider associations, has asked HHS to take wheelchair seating cushions out of competitive bidding.

Are you a Jurisdiction C provider who routinely users modifiers in billing Medicare claims?

A series of important deadlines for home medical equipment providers is coming up fast.

As the number of confirmed cases in the United States passed 4,298, the H1N1 virus has claimed three lives.