SOMERSET, Pa. (April 10, 2014)—DeVilbiss Healthcare was recently awarded a patent for its innovative SmartCode Remote Therapy Monitoring system. The development of SmartCode technology revolutionized the way in which patients can remotely report CPAP therapy usage and efficacy data to the health provider. With this patent, DeVilbiss is now protected from other imitation codes on the market.
“We are pleased to have been awarded a U.S.
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The second major government report on the Round 1 Rebid to be issued was released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office. The report acknowledges that both beneficiary utilization and numbers of providers are down in bid areas.
According to the report, in general, the number of beneficiaries being furnished with DME dropped more in the bidding areas than in the non-bidding areas they were compared to. Yet, CMS does not believe that beneficiaries experienced any access issues.
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(April 8, 2014)—Today, the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General released its report on the bidding program’s Round 1 Rebid. The report is based on a random sampling of winning suppliers and single payment amounts (SPAs).
Although OIG determined that CMS generally selected DME suppliers correctly, the report notes that the agency did make some mistakes.
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