Baltimore Mandatory accreditation for Medicare DME suppliers will start with the 10 metropolitan statistical areas where competitive bidding will take

Baltimore CMS released its long-awaited draft of proposed quality standards, which will eventually have to be met by all Medicare HME suppliers, in late

Baltimore Sean Tunis, the CMS chief medical officer who was suspended earlier this year for falsifying documents, has been reassigned to the Agency for

Atlanta Dr. Doran Edwards hopes the third time's the charm for Medicare's new power mobility codes. Following CMS' announcement that it would delay implementation

Atlanta The DMERCs issued revised draft local coverage determinations for mobility devices in late October, bringing current codes into step with CMS'

Baltimore Even though CMS' new interim final rule for power mobility devices went into effect on Oct. 25, things could change with a last-minute amendment

Baltimore After urgent pleas from HME stakeholders and lawmakers, CMS decided to delay the Jan. 1, 2006, implementation of new power mobility device codes

There may be no dumb questions, as the saying goes, but lately I've had to give some pretty dumb answers. The HomeCare staff regularly fields questions

In wound care, explains Dave McCausland, senior vice president of planning and government affairs for The Roho Group, support surfaces must address one

Technology for home care beds and support surfaces is consistently advancing, with new products in these sectors focused on positive patient outcomes