Latest in: Billing/Reimbursement

Preparing for and Responding to Audits – A Primer

AMARILLO, TX – The Medicare fee-for-service program receives over 1.2 billion claims per year: (i) 4.5 million claims…

March 17 2014

Audits on the Brain – van Halem Addresses Concerns at Medtrade Spring

LAS VEGAS – Onerous audits have plagued a huge percentage of HME providers in recent years, and unfortunately…

March 17 2014

Change is on the Horizon – CMS is Soliciting Comments on its Payment Methodology

AMARILLO, TX – You have heard since the beginning of the competitive bidding program that eventually the single…

March 3 2014

Providing Free Tablets and Other Technology

AMARILLO, TX – Over the last several years, the health care industry has made a concerted effort to…

February 24 2014

Waiving Copayments for Out-of-Network Patients – Be Careful

AMARILLO, TX – DME suppliers are facing a common challenge. Commercial insurers are closing their provider panels, thereby…

February 17 2014

Audits – Can You Continue to Play Russian Roulette?

LAKE FOREST, CA – Just 24 hours after being asked to write an editorial, a new marketing flyer…

February 10 2014

ALJ Delays – AAHomecare Taking a Proactive Approach

AMARILLO, TX – Recently, Nancy J. Griswold, Chief Administrative Law Judge, issued a memorandum that took the DME…

February 3 2014

Brightree Acquires Strategic AR Solutions

ATLANTA – Brightree LLC, a provider of cloud-based clinical, billing and business management software solutions for the post-acute…

January 20 2014

Stay Out of Legal Trouble in Dealings with Physicians


AMARILLO, TX – A physician is a referral source to the DME supplier. The physician refers patients who…

January 6 2014

PECOS is in Effect and AAHomecare Can Help

WASHINGTON, DC – Effective Jan 6, 2014, CMS will turn on the edits to deny Part B DME…

January 6 2014