With the elimination of the least costly alternative (LCA) determination, the following rules apply under this new guidance:
National competitive bidding may have started, but the industry hasn't stopped its efforts to get the program repealed.
As this issue went to press, economist Peter Cramton had invited home medical equipment stakeholders to an industry shindig of sorts — a Medicare conference that has as its centerpiece a mock HME auction.
Aging population and active lifestyles drive the manual wheelchair market against funding issues and bidding uncertainty.
Last year's crop of da Vinci Awards winners highlighted technologies that enable equal access for all people, regardless of ability.
Oxygen products and accessories, including: AirSep's Focus; Invacare's SOLO2; Life Corp.'s Emergency Oxygen Units; Air Lift's Liquid Oxygen Backpack Carrier; Maxtec's MaxO2+; Caire's Helios Plus; and more.
Providers in the diabetes sector face competitive bidding prices that don't add up.
Allcare Medical reinvents itself to stay ahead of industry changes.
Round 1 contract providers in the Charlotte, Miami and Orlando competitive bidding areas have reported CO-108 denials on standard power wheelchair claims, reports AMEPA.
160 providers, clinicians and consumers attending the annual CELA Conference helped push a separate Medicare benefit for complex rehab the first step of the way with more than 220 visits to legislators