Accessibility solutions can create long-term customer relationships and additional opportunities such as stair lifts, vertical platform lifts, and bathroom safety equipment.
Many retail HME purchases are driven by lifestyle needs rather than strict medical necessity. “In many cases, customers do not want to wait for the reimbursement process...”
Accessibility solutions can create long-term customer relationships and additional opportunities such as stair lifts, vertical platform lifts, and bathroom safety equipment.
The central issue is not whether an order originates from a telehealth encounter, but whether the underlying clinical interaction and documentation meet Medicare’s medical necessity requirements and comply with federal law.
Administration officials have been vocal that the DME industry is fraud-ridden. In terms of government enforcement, DME suppliers are in a hostile environment.