CMS Expands QIC Telephone Discussion & Re-Opening Demonstration to Jurisdictions A & B

October 28, 2018
Citing “strong support from the supplier community” as well as initial success in DME MAC Jurisdictions C and D, CMS today announced expansion of the Telephone Discussions & Re-Openings Demonstration into Jurisdictions A and B, starting Novem

Flyp Scores Medtrade Double, Nabbing Another Top Award

October 28, 2018
ATLANTA – Seven months after earning the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Gold award at Medtrade Spring in Las Vegas, the Flyp Nebulizer from Convexity Scientific scored another top prize at Medtrade earlier this month. The latest award is

Providers’ Choice Gold – A Closer Look

October 28, 2018
ATLANTA – Medtrade organizers tallied attendee votes for the New Product Pavilion Providers’ Choice Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Magazine, on the final day of Medtrade. The FreeStyle® Comfort® portable oxygen concentrator (POC) from CAIRE

United and Optimistic at Medtrade

October 28, 2018
TARENTUM, PA – Earlier this month at Medtrade, I felt a much more positive attitude than what we have had over the past decade, especially since the onset of Medicare’s competitive bidding program. With the release of the proposed ESRD rule, prov

Oxygen: Noncompliant Patient and Uncooperative Physician

October 27, 2018
AMARILLO, TX – A challenge for a DME supplier is what to do with noncompliant oxygen patients . . . and with uncooperative physicians. Noncompliant Patient A supplier is not obligated to continue serving a Medicare oxygen patient (“beneficiar

National Ramp Unveils New Look at Medtrade

October 20, 2018
ATLANTA – In its 8th exhibit at Medtrade, National Ramp unveiled new product names and a company logo mark. “Medtrade was the first place where National Ramp’s innovative products were embraced by the industry, and we were excited to show o