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CMS Releases Final Rule: 2019 DMEPOS Payment and Competitive Bidding Program Reforms
WASHINGTON, DC - Last Thursday (Nov 1, 2018), CMS posted its final rule that establishes payment policies and rates for durable medical equipment,...
Medtrade – AIRS Founder Tackles Oxygen Humidification
NEWAYGO, MI – During last month’s Medtrade, Valerie Obenchain, founder and CEO, Advanced Interactive Response Systems (AIRS), Newaygo, Mich, debuted...
Oxygen – Restarting the 36 Months – Part 1 of a 3 Part Series
AMARILLO, TX - Providing oxygen will always be an important part of the DME industry. The reason is simple: DME suppliers furnish products and...
Indiana Provider Nabs $5K in Medtrade Closing Reception
ATLANTA – This year’s Medtrade concluded with Kevin Gaffney, group show director, cranking the handle of a golden tumbler filled with entry cards in...
CMS Expands QIC Telephone Discussion & Re-Opening Demonstration to Jurisdictions A & B
Citing “strong support from the supplier community” as well as initial success in DME MAC Jurisdictions C and D, CMS today announced expansion of...
Flyp Scores Medtrade Double, Nabbing Another Top Award
ATLANTA – Seven months after earning the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Gold award at Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas, the Flyp Nebulizer from...
Providers’ Choice Gold – A Closer Look
ATLANTA - Medtrade organizers tallied attendee votes for the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Magazine, on the...
United and Optimistic at Medtrade
TARENTUM, PA – Earlier this month at Medtrade, I felt a much more positive attitude than what we have had over the past decade, especially since the...
Oxygen: Noncompliant Patient and Uncooperative Physician
AMARILLO, TX - A challenge for a DME supplier is what to do with noncompliant oxygen patients . . . and with uncooperative physicians. Noncompliant...