Federal Laws: A Primer

May 27, 2022
AMARILLO, TX – DME suppliers live in the proverbial “glass house.” If a supplier is doing something it should not be doing, someone knows about it. That “someone” can be an existing employee, an ex-employee, a government enforcement/reg

Exceptions to the Beneficiary Inducement Statute

April 22, 2022
AMARILLO, TX – Section 1128A(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (the “Beneficiary Inducement Statute”) prohibits a person from offering or transferring to a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary any remuneration that the person knows or should kno

AOBs: Blue Ink or Electronic?

April 14, 2022
AMARILLO, TX – A common question is whether a DME supplier is limited to collecting blue ink AOBs…or if the supplier can rely on recorded phone calls for AOBs. The short answer is that the supplier can use recorded phone calls for AOBs, but

Transitioning from Billing Assigned to Billing Nonassigned – Part 3

March 11, 2022
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry has been in existence since the 1970s. The industry primarily serves the elderly, meaning that DME suppliers have largely been dependent on Medicare. DME suppliers have primarily billed Medicare on an assignment

Transitioning from Billing Assigned to Billing Nonassigned – Part 2

March 5, 2022
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry has been in existence since the 1970s. The industry primarily serves the elderly, meaning that DME suppliers have largely been dependent on Medicare. DME suppliers have primarily billed Medicare on an assignment

Transitioning from Billing Assigned to Billing Nonassigned – Part 1

February 26, 2022
AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry has been in existence since the 1970s. The industry primarily serves the elderly, meaning that DME suppliers have largely been dependent on Medicare. DME suppliers have primarily billed Medicare on an assignment