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Surety Bond News and Information
News and information related to surety bond, including details on the latest regulatory changes to the DMEPOS supplier surety bond.
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11,000 Revoked, Thousands More Pull Medicare Numbers
Some 11,000 providers have had their Medicare numbers revoked as a result of accreditation and surety bond requirements, according to CMS. Thousands more withdrew from the program voluntarily....
2009: A Year of Big Stories
There were a lot of big stories about a lot of big challenges for HME providers during 2009: the reprise of competitive bidding, accreditation and surety bonds, and new oxygen payment rules, to name just a few....
CMS Switches Gears on Billing Status; Providers in Jeopardy
Changing policies regarding accreditation and lawful Medicare billing are threatening the very existence of some HME companies...
Surety Bond Issues Clearing Up
Many HME providers successfully secured the $50K per location surety bond by the Oct. 2, 2009, deadline. However, some received ominous letters indicating they were "not compliant."...
Now on to the Senate
As others debate the major provisions of the House's health reform bill, passed by a narrow vote of 220-215, home care advocates parsed out the provisions in the $1.05-trillion legislation that affect the HME industry....
Unnoticed Surety Bond Rejections Raise Serious Concerns
A handful of HME providers who managed to get through the clogged National Supplier Clearinghouse phone lines got a nasty surprise...
Q&A: Subcontracting in the Competitive Bidding Program
In the Round 1 rebid of Medicare's DMEPOS competitive bidding program, CMS' Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor has issued several announcements regarding subcontracting and accreditation....
NSC Call Line Jammed with a Week to Go on Deadlines
With only a week left before CMS' accreditation and surety bond deadlines, the NSC had this message for DMEPOS providers....
Wendell Says It All
Providers who don't get their surety bonds in by Oct. 2 will have their Medicare billing privileges revoked....
For Unaccredited, Unbonded HMEs
CMS is advising DMEPOS providers who will not be accredited or bonded to terminate their enrollment with the Medicare program voluntarily....
Accreditation Questions Keep Coming
During a recent Open Door Forum, there wasn't a lot of new business discussed, but a lot of old business brought repeated questions from listeners on accreditation, deadlines and revocation of billing numbers....
House Health Reform Bill Includes Changes for DME
Earlier today, the House Tri-Committee released an updated draft of its massive health care reform bill....
