AMARILLO, TX - With the goal of creating efficiencies and cutting costs, DME suppliers are entering into subcontract agreements with offshore companies. Generally speaking, this is permissible but “the devil is in the details.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Due to the updated Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment LCD L33797 that went into effect on January 1, 2023, there are several changes.

AMARILLO, TX - The percentage of Medicare beneficiaries signing up with Medicare Advantage (“MA”) is now almost 50% and will continue to increase.

AMARILLO, TX - If a DME supplier is doing something it should not be doing, someone knows about it. Often, that “someone” is an employee.

AMARILLO, TX - Federal law requires a DME supplier to make a reasonable effort to collect copayments. Many state laws say the same thing.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - CMS recently published DMEPOS Medicare fee schedule adjustments for calendar year 2023. Adjustments differ depending on whether items serviced are competitive bidding program (CBP) items or in former CBAs.