CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio (Feb. 20, 2014)—ACU-Serve Corp., a provider of billing and collection services to home medical and durable medical equipment companies, announced cofounder Jim Knight as chief executive officer—a role he has shared with cofounders Angie Barone and Tim Barone, who have decided to pursue other opportunities.
Joining Knight in leading ACU-Serve is new business partner Tom Meadows and Cindy Hoyt, CPC, MBA, chief operating officer.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (Feb. 24, 2014)—Apex Medical Corporation, a leading player in the respiratory therapy and pressure area care sectors, announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) agreed on Feb.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (Feb. 17, 2014)—Home medical equipment (HME) providers, hospitals, physicians, hospice and home health agencies have been assaulted by unprecedented numbers of audits.
The latest numbers from recovery audit contractor (RAC) publications show that in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013, RACs collected $744.8 million in overpayments.
In a recent Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) forum on the overwhelming administrative law judge (ALJ) appeal backlog, AAHomecare’s Tom Ryan and Jay Witter listened to Chief Judge Nancy Griswold and others from CMS discuss the situation and their proposed solutions.