AAHomecare’s new consumer facing campaign, Save My Medical Supplies (savemymedicalsupplies.org), has generated 725 letters to Congress in the first 24 hours after its launch. The campaign goal is to build a public outcry on HME issues by educating consumers about how Medicare reform mistakes are impacting people with serious medical needs. All types of medical supplies and equipment, such as wheelchairs, diabetic test strips and oxygen, are
SOMERSET, Pa. (April 10, 2014)—DeVilbiss Healthcare was recently awarded a patent for its innovative SmartCode Remote Therapy Monitoring system. The development of SmartCode technology revolutionized the way in which patients can remotely report CPAP therapy usage and efficacy data to the health provider. With this patent, DeVilbiss is now protected from other imitation codes on the market. “We are pleased to have been awarded a U.S.
The second major government report on the Round 1 Rebid to be issued was released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office. The report acknowledges that both beneficiary utilization and numbers of providers are down in bid areas. According to the report, in general, the number of beneficiaries being furnished with DME dropped more in the bidding areas than in the non-bidding areas they were compared to. Yet, CMS does not believe that beneficiaries experienced any access issues.