Washington Pennsylvania Sens. Rick Santorum and Arlen Specter are urging CMS to issue clear documentation requirements for Medicare coverage of mobility

Baltimore CMS Medical Director Sean Tunis is still receiving a paycheck from the federal government, months after he was suspended for falsifying documents,

Elyria, Ohio After posting a 28 percent drop in second-quarter profit, Invacare Corp. announced plans last month to cut 230 jobs and close four facilities

Carlsbad, Calif. Former DMERC Region D Medical Director Dr. Robert Hoover has taken on a new role as senior vice president of global clinical services

Average Medicare DSO (Days Sales Outstanding) By Product Category DME (E0260, K0001, E0143, Etc.) 62 Respiratory (E1390, J7619, E7619, Etc.) 92 Rehab

Baltimore The 2006 dispensing fee for inhalation drugs will likely fall below the current $57 per month fee, CMS announced last month. Medicare payments

The impact of the diseases that fall under the umbrella of COPD chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma and cystic fibrosis is enormous for the home medical

Brentwood, Tenn., and Lake Forest, Calif. Two of the nation's largest providers have expressed concerns about a proposed reduction in CMS' dispensing

Called the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment Access Act of 2005, or H.R. 3559, the bill would: require that competitive bidding not be implemented until

Washington Just before Congress broke for its summer recess, Reps. David Hobson, R-Ohio, and John Tanner, D-Tenn., introduced a bill that many stakeholders