An all-too-common complaint about Medicare Advantage (MA) plans is that they either deny claims that traditional Medicare fee-for-service would have approved, or that they require equipment providers, clinicians and patients to take extra steps to qualify for equipment — additional hoops to jump through that traditional Medicare would not have required. Those additional MA steps…
Case Example: Challenging a Medicare Advantage Denial
Philips Respironics Cuts Product Portfolio for US, Enters Consent Decree
Discontinued products include different types of ventilators.
If you work with clients who use ventilators —especially ventilators carried by their power wheelchairs and connected to those batteries — take note. Philips Respironics has significantly reduced its respiratory and sleep portfolio of products for the United States. In a Jan. 25 announcement, the manufacturer listed products it was discontinuing. The list of products…