Patient advocates and home care providers are working together to highlight the importance of H.R. 1041, the Fairness in Medicare Bidding Act, which would

The revised Medicare supplier enrollment standards for DMEPOS have been in force for six months or so, since Sept. 27, 2010. Home medical equipment companies

All involved in the home care industry are very familiar with CMS, OIG and the Stark law. We keep current with issues around ZPIC, RAC and DME MAC audits.

I will never forget my freshman year of college when I walked into the first day of a political science class, took my seat and waited eagerly for my

Providers can thank the real estate market if they are seeing increased demand for patient lifts and ramps. In a better real estate environment, an older

Where do we go from here? Round 1 of competitive bidding is in place and we are facing Round 2. After what seems a lifetime of study, trial programs and

More than 250 HME providers and other advocates called on members of Congress to cosponsor H.R. 1041 during the American Association for Homecare's Legislative

During 15 years in the business, the president and founder of Alpine Home Medical has simultaneously worked to prepare for and kill competitive bidding.

According to some great information RemitDATA has provided, the overall denial rate for the E0143 (walker, folding, wheeled, adjustable or fixed height)

The HME industry's effort to repeal competitive bidding got a critical boost last month with the introduction of H.R. 1041 by Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa.,