AMARILLO, TX – Assume that a DME supplier rents a portable oxygen concentrator to a Medicare beneficiary, takes assignment, and bills Medicare. Can the supplier sell accessories (extra batteries, backpacks, replacement cords) to the beneficiary

AMARILLO, TX – As has often been the case throughout this pandemic, HHS has continued to work behind the scenes to implement the Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) and its many requirements. After a period of relative quiet since the introduction

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Medtrade exhibitor Prochant is expanding into the infusion pharmacy market. The company now offers its billing and process outsourcing solutions to infusion pharmacies and current HME provider clients that administer infusion ther

AMARILLO, TX – The DME industry, as we know it today, began in the 1970s. Because DME suppliers primarily serve the elderly, the industry has always been dependent on Medicare. Historically, the DME industry was a Medicare fee-for-service (“F

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HME providers with successful programs are open to outsourcing, partnering with resupply outreach vendors, and engaging with their patients, reports Prochant. Outsourcing resupply programs may be one key to their success. Accordin

AMARILLO, TX – In previous Medtrade Monday articles, we have discussed arrangements that DME suppliers enter into that violate the federal anti-kickback statute (“AKS”). For example, a kickback arises if a supplier pays commissions to a 109