AMARILLO, TX – As I mentioned in last week’s Part One, this may seem like a strange article to write for DME suppliers. However, an increasing number of DME suppliers (like pharmacies, health food stores, and others) are looking at the potent

AMARILLO, TX – Two questions that are often asked: “If I sell my business, can I still get audited? If I do get audited after selling my business, do I have personal liability?” Asset Sale Assume that John Smith owns ABC Medical Equipment,

AMARILLO, TX – For the last four decades, DME suppliers have primarily provided DME on an assigned basis. Medicare paid the suppliers directly and the patients only had to pay their copayments and deductibles. Until approximately 2010, this wor

AMARILLO, TX – As we discussed in last week’s Medtrade Monday article, until recently DME suppliers have primarily provided products to Medicare patients on an assigned basis. Under an assignment model, Medicare pays the DME supplier directly

AMARILLO, TX – For the last four decades, DME suppliers have primarily provided DME on an assigned basis. Medicare paid the suppliers directly and the patients only had to pay their copayments and deductibles. Until approximately 2010, this wor

AMARILLO, TX – The managed care phenomenon snuck up on the DME industry. Since its inception in approximately 1965, the DME industry has focused on how to properly bill Medicare fee-for-service, also known as “traditional Medicare.” In the