Providers avoid shortened timeframe
CMS had wanted to require them to respond to initial documentation requests in 60 days12/20/2013Liz BeaulieuWASHINGTON – It looks like the timeframe for responding to initial documentation requests as...
View ArticleNow hiring DME sales reps: West Corp.
01/07/2014HME News StaffSAN ANTONIO – West Corp. is adding 70 positions here to provide medical sales support to a new client and an existing client, both unnamed, according to the San Antonio Business...
View ArticleDecision doesn’t solve repair woes, stakeholders say
01/17/2014Elizabeth DepreyWASHINGTON – CMS’s decision to pay for repairs for capped rental DME provided by The Scooter Store and transferred to beneficiaries on Oct. 24, is a step in the right...
View ArticleNevada ends tax on DME
11/10/2016HME News StaffCARSON CITY, Nev. – Residents of Nevada has voted to exempt DME from the state sales tax. Question #4 passed overwhelmingly with 72% of the vote. “It’s a major win for the...
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Head banging
Liz Beaulieu07/28/2017In case you missed it, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPac) in June published “A data book: Health care spending and the Medicare program.”Durable medical equipment...
View ArticleParachute Health secures $5.5M
03/20/2018HME News StaffNEW YORK – DME technology platform Parachute Health has raised $5.5 million to expand nationwide. The company integrates directly with Epic and other widely used electronic...
View ArticlePhillips Chiropractic opens DME company
06/19/2018HME News StaffDODGE CITY, Kan. – Phillips Chiropractic has opened a DME company called Phillips Durable Medical Equipment, according to the Dodge City Daily Globe. Phillips has contracted...
View ArticleDME-IQ allows physicians to bring DME programs in-house
01/29/2019HME News StaffMIRAMAR, Fla. – NuGenerex Distribution Solutions 2, a wholly owned subsidiary of Generex Biotechnology Corp., has launched DME-IQ, a service for physicians who distribute DME...
View ArticleJudge issues first sentence in ‘Operation Brace Yourself’
05/08/2019HME News StaffSAVANNAH, Ga. – Roderic Bain, the CEO of several DME companies based here, has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for allegedly defrauding Medicare of millions of...
View ArticleHomeCare Connect builds home mods staff
09/03/2019HME News StaffWINTER PARK, Fla. – HomeCare Connect, a company that manages the quality and cost of home health, DME, home modifications, O&P and medical supplies for workers’ compensation...
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