Cold calling, and solicitation of potential customers generally, is frowned upon except in certain circumstances and must be handled very carefully.

Looking at Medicare denial percentages for the E0607, home blood glucose monitor, the high numbers have held steady at 35 percent in 2009 and 35.3 percent for the first quarter of 2010.

Cornerstone Medical gets a fragile new 'customer.'

With prices for Round 1 of competitive bidding due out this month providers were anxious about their chances for survival, and emotions were running high.

One way to increase efficiency and boost the balance sheet is to update business software, and vendors say benefits to the bottom line can more than offset the investment.

AAHomecare issued a national press release "to underscore the Government Accountability Office finding that the processing of Medicare reimbursement claims for HME continues to be a problem — despite CMS efforts to implement reforms."

The Texas Alliance for Home Care Services and a Dallas provider filed a lawsuit today against the Department of Health and Human Services and the CMS for failure to conduct notice and comment rulemaking in order to specify financial standards that providers must meet under the DMEPOS competitive bidding program.

The foundation is laid, now the building begins. That's the word from some 160 complex rehab advocates who lobbied hard for a separate Medicare benefit for complex rehab during the CELA Conference.

Various HME products, including: Definitive Homecare Solutions' CPR+ Smartphone; Blue Chip Medical Products' FSA Pressure Mapping System; Fisher & Paykel Healthcare's SmartStick Net; and more.

There are many questions about the recently passed health care reform act and how it affects pharmacies and accreditation.