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OIG's 2007 Work Plan Includes Focus on DME
In a 94-page document issued last week, the HHS Office of Inspector General outlined its work plan for 2007 and said it will look into a number of aspects of Medicare and Medicaid programs related to DME...
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Noridian Responds to Payment Delays
Responding to escalating complaints from home medical equipment providers about delayed or improperly denied reimbursement, Noridian Administrative Services acknowledged in a statement Thursday that it has a backlog of more than 1,000 claims ...
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Bush Signs Caregiver Bill into Law
President Bush has signed into law a measure to help family caregivers who provide daily care to loved ones with disabilities or chronic conditions...
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Sunrise Medical CEO
Sunrise Medical CEO Mike Hammes announced Tuesday that Hymie Pogir will join the company in the newly created position of senior vice president of marketing and program development. Tiago da Silva ...
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NRRTS' Margolis: No Second-Class Care
Founding board member and past president Simon Margolis has been named executive director of NRRTS, the National Registry of Rehabilitation Technology Suppliers. He assumed his new duties last week...
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Industry Accreditors: The Rush Is On
A mid-December meeting between CMS and the industry's 11 DMEPOS accreditors has sent those organizations--and many unaccredited providers--scrambling....
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Invacare Re-Establishes HME Group
Invacare Corp. announced Friday that in response to ongoing changes in the industry, the company will restructure its North American HME business into a more cost-effective and efficient business model. The company's rehab, respiratory, standard and sleep product ...
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Provider Cites Payment Problems with Noridian
A major HME provider in the Pacific Northwest says it is shy millions of dollars because its Medicare Administrative Contractor, Noridian Administrative Services, has not processed those claims in two months...
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Competitive Bidding Forms Posted
Last month, a request for comments on the latest competitive bidding forms was published in the Federal Register, including request for bids information collection....
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AAHomecare Joins Coalition to Repeal Competitive Bidding
The American Association for Homecare has joined other health care stakeholders in forming a coalition to explore the repeal of competitive bidding. The Coalition to Ensure Beneficiary Access will "reach out to a wide array of patient and
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Independent HMEs Muscle Up to NCB
With national competitive bidding looming, some HME providers are banking on networks or rollups to give them the muscle to compete--and to survive. ...
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CMS Revises PMD Fee Schedule Again
CMS revised its power mobility device fee schedule yet again last week, raising reimbursements for most codes.
The agency said its revision, announced late Tuesday, would correct "technical errors made in the calculation of base fee
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Accreditation Powwow Set for Today
CMS will meet today with its newly approved DMEPOS accreditors to relay additional information about what the agency expects from those organizations--and Medicare Part B suppliers...
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Insurers Create Electronic Model for Consumer Health Records
In a joint initiative announced Wednesday, America's Health Insurance Plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, which together represent companies that insure more than 200 million people, said their customers could soon have ...
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U.S. Companies Announce Collaborative Health IT Project
As the cost of providing health care continues to rise, a group of five major American companies is funding development of an Internet-based network that will store the lifelong electronic health records of more than 2.5 million ...
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