Enteral nutrition, surgical dressings top error list
By HME News Staff
Updated Tue May 15, 2018
WASHINGTON - Enteral nutrition had the highest error rate (87%) from Targeted Probe and Educate audits in Jurisdiction D.
Noridian Healthcare Services, the DME MAC for Jurisdiction D, posted the error rates from TPE audits (see below) from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 2017.
AAHomecare has requested that all the DME MACs publish the error rates.
The error rates in Jurisdiction D are:
- 19%, ankle-foot/knee-ankle-foot orthosis (L4360, L4362, L4386, L4387)
- 87%, enteral nutrition (B4150, B4152, B4154)
- 35%, external infusion pumps (E0781, E0784)
- 76%, glucose monitors (A4253)
- 14%, hospital beds (E0250, E0260)
- 9%, immunosuppressive drugs (J7507, J7517, J7518, J7520)
- 77%, knee orthosis (L1810, L1812, L1832, L1833, L1843)
- 57%, manual wheelchairs (K000, K0003)
- 3%, nebulizers (J7605, J7626)
- 32%, oxygen and oxygen equipment (E1390, E0431)
- 3%, positive airway pressure (E0601)
- 34%, spinal orthoses (L0627, L0630, L0631, L0637, L0642, L0643, L0648, L0650)
- 80%, surgical dressings (A6196, A6197)
- 13%, therapeutic shoes (A5500)
- 21%, urological supplies (A4351, A4353, A4358)
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