AMARILLO, TX – Assume that a Medicare patient, covered by Medicare fee-for-service, is an inpatient at a hospital. Assume that as an inpatient, he is using a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Pump (“NPWTP”) manufactured by ABC and owned by th

AMARILLO, TX – A DME supplier and a pharmacy can enter into a co-marketing arrangement that achieves several goals. Pharmacy’s Goal – The pharmacy may decide that it does not want to spend the time and money to secure a PTAN in order t

AMARILLO, TX – As I have discussed in previous Medtrade Monday articles, our nation’s health care delivery system is being turned on its head. The archaic fee-for-service model is being replaced by a patient outcome model. Payors are expectin

AMARILLO, TX – When hiring an individual, it is important that the DME supplier check the applicant’s name against the OIG’s Exclusion List. On a regular basis, it is also important that the supplier check all of its employees against the O

January 2017 FDA Clears World’s Smallest CPAP – the AirMini by Medtrade exhibitor ResMed  – SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared ResMed’s AirMini CPAP. ResMed officials call the AirMini the “world’s

AMARILLO, TX – When hiring an individual, it is important that the DME supplier check the applicant’s name against the OIG’s Exclusion List. On a regular basis, it is also important that the supplier check all of its employees against the O