H.R. 3229 is a "technical correction" to close a MIPPA loophole used by CMS to apply competitive bidding prices to equipment the industry believes should be exempt.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jul 29, 2015
Features include consumer videos and an interactive funding page.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jun 25, 2015
A 16.75-percent payment cut is already reducing seating & wheeled mobility provision to beneficiaries in need.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- May 14, 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
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
Jurisdiction B DME MAC also reviews far fewer claims in last quarter of 2014.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Mar 06, 2015
Funding Series
Despite a Myriad of Benefits, This Positioning Option Remains a Tough Sell to Funding Sources.
Seat elevation can make the world a more accessible place for wheelchair users, and can facilitate the safe performance of a number of mobility-related activities of daily living. Why then are funding sources lagging in recognizing the many benefits of this positioning opportunity?
Reimbursement Series
Can We Still Improve People's Lives?
Rita Stanley examines how two decades of Medicare policy changes -- many of them subtle -- have altered the access landscape for today’s beneficiaries.
Bulletin regards Unique Tracking Numbers for Prior Authorization Requests for power mobility devices.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 17, 2015
Clinicians will review participants' documentation and provide feedback.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Feb 17, 2015
Widespread prepayment review involves Group 2 pressure-reducing support surfaces.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 16, 2015
Editor's Note
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Jan 01, 2015
Code was impacted by this year's capped-rental payment category changes.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Dec 15, 2014
Group 1 power wheelchair code will be the subject of the review.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Dec 15, 2014
Latest announcement covers K0823 claims for the first half of 2014.
- By Laurie Watanabe
- Dec 03, 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