Scooters are living up to their retail promise, and manufacturers believe the market is poised to remain strong in a competitive bidding environment.
Medicare
As patients become eligible for Medicare, they may be using equipment paid for by previous primary insurance.
I recently ran into a case of Medicare waste. No, not the kind we read about in OIG reports or DOJ actions. The kind of waste I saw is much more insidious, and it's built into our health care system.
Among the top denial reasons for E0100 claims, which have a 16.1% denial rate, are that the patient has "same or similar" equipment, is in a nursing home or on an inpatient hospital stay at the time of
Lincare CFO Paul Gabos doesn't think much of CMS' handling of competitive bidding.
Even as CMS maintains it hasn't received many complaints about competitive bidding, problems continue to surface. AMEPA reported one from a North Miami, Fla., woman who just wanted to breathe.
You can't run, you can't hide from HHS' new authority.
Baltimore A debate that began nearly two decades ago entered its final stages last month, when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services granted
Washington Unable to atone for comments many perceived as racist, Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., stepped down from his position as Senate Majority Leader last