Reimbursements are decreasing. Competition is increasing. So what's an HME to do? When our staff asks this question of providers, the answer we get most
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I like to think that the home care community is one big family, all in the same boat. We are, of course. But it's also easy to see the industry as a diverse
Small DME, Big Decision Regarding the California court ruling on CMNs (HomeCare Monday, July 12, 2004), WOW!! What a victory, even if it is only a preliminary
In the Aug. 5 Federal Register, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced its proposed implementation of two HME provisions of last
The number of Americans with asthma and allergies continues to grow. Statistics from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology show that
Some say that dark clouds have silver linings. A few weeks ago I saw one. Looking forward to getting home, I was disappointed when Delta Flight 692 was
Washington Some state Medicaid programs are paying too much for oxygen equipment and supplies, according the HHS Office of Inspector General. In an Aug.
Will the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ever decide to change the national policy regarding medical necessity documentation? I doubt
Washington In late July, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson released the outline of a 10-year plan to implement the adoption
Getting that long-awaited appointment can be exciting. It is probably going to be your one chance to impress! Once you have verified where the meeting
Electronic document exchange (EDE), including the electronic certificate of medical necessity, or e-CMN, has been inching through the HME pipeline for several years.
One of my favorite television commercials shows a professional woman at a business meeting. When the camera pans down, you see that she is sitting at her kitchen table in fuzzy slippers, looking at a computer screen.
What’s the One Product that can help you control your future? Your computer.
E-commerce, encompassing everything from electronic ordering to just-in-time inventory management, has improved supply-chain logistics in various industries--but not HME, at least not on a wide scale.
While it’s clear that information technology can improve the operations of any HME, the challenge is figuring out how to begin and where to spend your money.
A key to climbing the second rung on our ROPE Ladder is to formalize your company's training activities. If your training tools include well-run teaching
Can you contemplate what would happen to our business if suddenly the government decided to cancel Medicare? I brought this topic up at a recent meeting
In mid-June, Mark Junge from Cheyenne, Wyo., left on his summer vacation. Nothing unusual in that, except that on this trip, the 61-year-old is peddling
In answer to requests from both government officials and industry stakeholders, the National Supplier Clearinghouse has drafted new written guidance for
During an election season and this is a big one candidates and the press all have their ears to the ground, listening for the footsteps of the Big Issues.
A California Federal District Court has ruled that a supplier need only use a certificate of medical necessity (CMN) to provide information for the determination
At least one person I know says that God created consultants on the eighth day so someone could tell us that there are bad ways to do good things. Cutting