AMARILLO, TX – Historically, DME suppliers have taken care of Medicare patients and have billed CMS directly. This is known as “Medicare fee-for-service” (or “Medicare FFS”). Also, historically, suppliers have taken care of state Medic

AMARILLO, TX – Historically, DME suppliers have taken care of Medicare patients and have billed CMS directly. This is known as “Medicare fee-for-service” (or “Medicare FFS”). Also, historically, suppliers have taken care of state Medic

While CMS has provided significant Medicare reimbursement relief for rural suppliers (as well as for those in non-contiguous areas such as Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico) via the recent ESRD/DMEPOS Final Rule, rates are set to remain largely unchang

AMARILLO, TX – The current administrative appeals process is beyond unfair to DME suppliers. A supplier will get hit with a post-payment audit involving multiple patients. The auditing contractor will look for reasons to deny the claims and see

AMARILLO, TX – From Day 1 of competitive bidding, the DME industry sounded the alarm that the program would be unworkable. Industry stakeholders pointed out: “Low ball bidders” would submit bids in multiple CBAs…with no ability to tak

This is a reprint of the article that was published in last week’s Medtrade Monday. Medtrade Monday and the two authors decided to run this article a second time because of the importance of the topic. Note that Jeff and Wayne will present a webina