Healthcare professionals can show their support via educational videos and marketing materials.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 16, 2015
National Council of Aging event brings experts together to address the rising numbers of falls among older Americans.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 05, 2015
A 16.75-percent payment cut is already reducing seating & wheeled mobility provision to beneficiaries in need.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 14, 2015
Education and advocacy meeting will take place in July in Arlington, Va.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 05, 2015
Bill is a companion to the House version that would provide a separate Medicare benefit category for CRT.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Apr 28, 2015
Medicare DME MAC testing using new code sets is set for July, but the deadline to participate is this week.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Apr 15, 2015
Participating providers will be able to submit up to 50 claims each, as the healthcare industry prepares for an October transition to new codes.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Apr 06, 2015
This type of non-clinical review checks Medicare claims for certain types of required documentation.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 23, 2015
New bill includes language to ensure complex rehab technology equipment can be purchased outright rather than relegated to capped-rental status.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 20, 2015
Bulletin regards Unique Tracking Numbers for Prior Authorization Requests for power mobility devices.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 17, 2015
Widespread prepayment review involves Group 2 pressure-reducing support surfaces.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 16, 2015
New tool for consumers and healthcare professionals helps to find answers for questions related to CRT, DME and home care.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 16, 2015
Group 1 power wheelchair code will be the subject of the review.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Dec 15, 2014
Code was impacted by this year's capped-rental payment category changes.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Dec 15, 2014
Twelve more states have joined the prior authorization program that ends in August.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Nov 13, 2014
Adult tilt-in-space code is among those to be affected, says Jurisdiction B DME MAC.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Oct 29, 2014
January testing project will help to prepare for October 2015 roll-out of new code set.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Sep 25, 2014
Objections include vague and untested "bundling" proposal for DME bids, payments and services.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Sep 04, 2014
DME MACs are told to assume medical necessity requirements were met if beneficiary owns the equipment.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Aug 27, 2014