Based on a sampling of claims, an HHS OIG report estimates that Medicare improperly paid for $8 million in power mobility device repairs.
As the price for hard-to-find formula skyrockets, the AAHomecare group calls on private payer insurance and Medicaid programs to increase coverage for breast pumps and supplies.
Observation Deck
The clarification gives Oxygen providers a clear path forward for claims for the duration of the Covid-19 PHE. What about the long term?
- By Andrea Stark
- Jun 09, 2022
HME and CRT software and business services company is now offering its four key service brands to Canadian providers.
Letter and infographic are designed to help HME advocates engage Medicaid programs on the challenges facing patients’ access to incontinence supplies.
2022 HME Business Handbook: Revenue Cycle Management
- By Joey Graham
- Jun 01, 2022
Observation Deck
- By Wayne van Halem
- Jun 01, 2022
2022 HME Business Handbook: HME Strategy
2022 HME Business Handbook: Payer Relations
- By Laura Williard, David Chandler
- Jun 01, 2022
Podcast
How do HME providers benefit from smoother coordination with referral partners, payers, caregivers and patients during the move to care in the home?
- By David Kopf
- May 31, 2022
The message is designed to help sleep providers grappling with supply problems ask payers to relax technology-related compliance requirements.
With another extension now expected, several reimbursement and regulatory policies impacting HME will continue as long as the PHE remains in effect.
CMS will discontinue the need for certificates of medical necessity and DME information forms, starting with claims with a date of service on or after Jan. 1, 2023.
Podcast
What is vertical integration and how could it impact HME providers? Payer relations expert Laura Williard discusses the trend and the strategies being developed for dealing with it.
- By David Kopf
- May 02, 2022
Observation Deck
Success on H.R. 6641 could have wide-ranging impacts on DME reimbursement across a spectrum of payers far beyond Medicare. It’s essential that providers help raise the visibility of the bill.
As the Assembly Ways & Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee review companion bills, Empire State providers are urged to support the legislation.
The public health emergency, as well as the regulatory relaxations and reimbursement guidelines associated with it, will continue for another 90 days.
Podcast
Kim Brummett of AAHomecare breaks down how the next round of competitive bidding might play out, what CMS might do, and where the program might be headed in the future.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 07, 2022
Provider Strategy
Here's a rundown of the compliance requirements providers must remember to keep at the top of their minds.
- By Jeffrey S. Baird
- Apr 01, 2022
After 13 years of reimbursement and policy work, the longtime CRT advocate will vacate the association’s leadership position in September.