Accreditation

National Seating & Mobility (NSM) has again earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for home care accreditation, the Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and accessibility provider announced. “NSM is honored to receive the home care reaccreditation from The Joint Commission,” said Crispin Teufel, NSM CEO, in an April 7 press release. “This recognition reaffirms…

Organization will honor an individual who exemplifies the dedication and service shown by the late Jim Newberry.

Accreditation organization will relocate to new offices in June.

Claims are being denied as if submitting suppliers aren’t accredited.

Citing “some confusion” on the issue of which groups of healthcare professionals are exempt from DMEPOS accreditation requirements, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a clarification last week. CMS listed the following types of suppliers as exempt from accreditation requirements: Suppliers providing drugs and pharmaceuticals only Physicians, including dentists Audiologists Optometrists Orthotists…

One of the major messages that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) had for Open Door Forum participants on July 29: If you aren’t well into the accreditation process by now, you’re probably not going to make the Sept. 30 deadline. That message was especially aimed at pharmacies that sell DME and want…

Following the enacting of the Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act of 2008 and the subsequent delay of national competitive bidding (NCB) programs, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has cancelled the special accreditation deadlines for DME suppliers who would have participated in competitive bidding’s second round. Prior to the new law…

Back in 2005, while attending an educational seminar at Medtrade, one of the presenters strongly advised that any company who was not currently accredited should begin the process as soon as possible. At the time, it felt like mandatory accreditation was a long time off, and I really did not have the time, the energy,…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continues to emphasize the urgent need for DME suppliers to become accredited, and has indicated that round-two competitive bidding participants will need to be accredited or apply for accreditation by May 14, 2008. Suppliers who have not at least started the accreditation process by May 14 will…

Accreditation’s hand-in-hand relationship with reimbursement and national competitive bidding (NCB) was emphasized last month when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced accreditation deadlines for DME suppliers who want to compete in the NCB program’s second round, the list of 70 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) involved and the list of DME categories.
As providers in the second-round MSAs wait for additional information such as bidding deadlines, Mobility Management checked in with Pride Mobility Products’ Seth Johnson to catch up on accreditation current events and where it all goes from here.