Business operations require a careful analysis as we close out 2007. Almost everything we do leads us to talking about money and costs competitive bidding,

Many HME companies that have applied activity costs at the product level have been surprised to learn that some products are real losers. In other cases,

It's difficult not to get infuriated as you read the Office of Inspector General's recent report, A Comparison of Medicare Program and Consumer Internet

As they match clinical and functional needs with product parameters, the skilled clinician has more choices in the seating and mobility product world

For the second year in a row, home medical equipment providers are hunkering down as they plan for the New Year, and it shows. With the pervasive unrest

More than a half-century ago, a young entrepreneurial pharmacist experienced an moment while looking at the label on an oxygen canister. To be dispensed

2007 is coming to an end, and we have been through an entire year of denial evaluation. Let's recap the top Medicare denials: CO18 - Duplicate claim OA109

Check the HomeCare Monday archives at www.homecaremonday.com for these and other industry headlines: Stark Lauds OIG Report: AAHomecare Disputes Apples

Since Medicare payments typically comprise 35 to 50 percent of a small provider's revenue, losing the ability to provide competitively bid items for a

Winston Churchill once said, Eating words has never given me indigestion. I wish that I could say the same but how many times have I had to suffer that?