Significant Provider Relief Fund Updates: Expanded Eligibility and a Reporting Update

August 15, 2020
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

Medtrade Exhibitor Prochant Expands Into Infusion Pharmacy

August 8, 2020
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

Closed Insurance Panel: Responsive Steps

August 2, 2020
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

Outsourcing Resupply: Prochant Offers “Smart Solution”

July 26, 2020
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

Kickbacks in the Pharmacy Arena: Lessons for DME Suppliers

July 17, 2020
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

Audits Set to Resume

July 11, 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During the public health emergency (“PHE”) CMS suspended most Medicare fee-for-service (“FFS”) medical reviews. Unfortunately, this suspension is coming to an end. In the most recent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19