Insights
Preferred Provider Agreement With Hospital – Key Provisions
AMARILLO, TX – A hospital is motivated to discharge patients as quickly as possible. This is because under…
April 29 2018CMS Rescinds Requirement for Revised Oxygen CMNs
WASHINGTON, DC – On April 27th, CMS rescinded the requirement for revised oxygen CMNs for patients who are…
April 28 2018The Data Suggests…You Should Be at Medtrade
LAS VEGAS – For almost a decade, I’ve heard about our shrinking industry, smaller Medtrade crowds, and those…
April 27 2018CMS to Join Panel Discussion During Heartland Conference
WATERLOO, IA – VGM has released the schedule for its annual Heartland Conference, and one item in particular…
April 22 2018OMB Director on IFR: “…Probably Received More Calls About This Than Any Other Rule”
WASHINGTON, DC – At a House Appropriations Committee hearing last week on the FY 2019 appropriations for the Office of…
April 22 2018Through My Eyes – HME Then and Now
DULUTH, MN – I have been in the HME/DME industry, in some shape or form, since 1983. I…
April 22 2018Images of Medtrade Spring 2018 in Las Vegas
A Last look at the images from Medtrade Spring 2018. Attention now turns to Medtrade, the nation’s largest…
April 21 2018Stark and Kickback Issues in the Sleep Arena
AMARILLO, TX – The Medicare anti-kickback statute (“AKS”) prohibits anyone from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering, or…
April 21 2018Medtrade Spring Providers’ Choice Awards – Closer Look at Bronze
LAS VEGAS – Medtrade Spring 2018 attendees voted on their favorite new products in the long-running New Product…
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