Special Alert: February 18, 2010
CMS Delays PECOS Edits
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it will delay implementation of claims edits for the Provider Enrollment, Chain and Ownership System, or PECOS, until Jan. 3, 2011....
Headline News
Open Door Call Shuts Out HME Questions
HME providers looking for answers on everything from CERT audits to PECOS problems came up empty-handed at CMS' Open Door Forum....
CMS Briefs Congress on Competitive Bidding
AAHomecare reported that senior CMS officials gave a briefing on the competitive bidding program to members and staff of the House...
CERT Report Uncovers CMS Problems; OIG Studies RAC Results
New medical record review methodologies, not fraud, helped pump up the DME MAC error rate to 51.9 percent in 2009, CMS said in a recent Comprehensive Error Rate Testing report....
Industry's New Rallying Call: Drive 55!
Following a Lobby Day held in conjunction with AAHomecare's Legislative Conference, the number of cosponsors for H.R. 3790 climbed to 162....
Amendment Could Breathe Life into Oxygen Cap Repeal
An amendment suggesting a pay-for for H.R. 2373, the bill that would repeal the 36-month oxygen cap, could be announced soon, a move that is expected to give the bill the gas to go forward...
ZPIC Audits Cripple Miami Provider
Carolina Ferreiro-Diaz, CEO and owner of Pharma-Express in Miami, has been in the HME business for a dozen years, she has never felt as threatened as she does now...
HomeCare Podcasts
Listen to HomeCare's editors and industry experts discuss current news, trends and issues affecting HME providers.
Sandra Canally, RN, owner and president of The Compliance Team, Inc. (Part IV)
Listen to Sandra Canally of The Compliance Team, Inc., talk with HomeCare's Gail Walker about DMEPOS accreditation.
Accreditation Realities: Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV
