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The Mother Index
On top of the already challenging financial reversals facing HME providers on Jan. 1, the year's first few months, and all the rest of them, are shaping up as some of the most critical in the industry's history....
OXYGEN: Change Is in the Air
Oxygen providers continue move to non-delivery models to reduce costs, better patient outcomes....
Cap Concerns
On Oct. 30, CMS released initial guidance that both HME providers and other industry advocates had been requesting for months regarding the many ambiguities surrounding the 36-month oxygen rental cap...
Checklist for Change
To convert to a non-delivery model, oxygen providers face several challenges. Scott Wilkinson, SVP of sales and marketing for Inogen, offers the following questions that should be considered...
Customer Care: What Your Patients Want
Edna Fiore is a nationally known COPD awareness advocate and activist in Littleton, Colo. Here are her thoughts on the role consumerism is playing in the treatment of lung disorders....
Watch Those Emails: Oxygen Info Could Come This Week
According to CMS’ Joel Kaiser, deputy director of DMEPOS policy, the agency may begin providing guidance on capped oxygen service, maintenance and replacement by Oct. 31....
NAIMES Reiterates Need for Oxygen Cap Info
HALIFAX, Va.--In a statement issued Friday, the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers said it had written to CMS Acting Administrator Kerry Weems--again--about rule changes related to the 36-month oxygen rental cap...
Teijin Buys Third U.S. HME Firm
TOKYO--Japanese firm Teijin Ltd. has chalked up its third U.S. purchase this year, announcing its acquisition of Clifton, N.Y.-based Home Therapy Equipment on Thursday...
Boosting Your Respiratory Therapy Business
While the home respiratory therapy business has been under siege from Medicare and managed care over the years, it still remains a viable product line...
CMS Cautions Providers on Oxygen Equipment Rules
BALTIMORE--In an Open Door Forum Wednesday, CMS included a caution on repeal of the oxygen equipment transfer called for under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act...
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