Is there a provider that doesn’t like a good lead? As long as it’s legal? (Which, BTW, is good question as we’ve learned from “Operation Brace Yourself.”)
The latest news cycle certainly kicked off with a bang! First, the latest update on the competitive bidding program, which features an aggressive timeline and added certain orthotics and non-invasive vents (vents! I tell ya!).
It certainly caught the attention of HME providers when CVS announced that CPAP masks would be among the products offered in three new HealthHub concept stores in the Houston area.
CMS this week has made much ado about its new “What’s Covered” app that allows beneficiaries to see whether Medicare covers a specific medical item or service, which of course includes HME.
I know January is supposed to be a time of the-slate-has-been-wiped-clean optimism, but I’ve read a number of things in the first few weeks of 2019 that have left me feeling, well, despondent.
It just occurred to me and Theresa this week, as we were pasting up the January issue (yes, in addition to writing 98% of all the stories that appear in the issue, we also lay it out using InDesign!), that 2019 is the 25th year that HME News has been in print.
Imagine you are having a problem with your car. You need it looked at, so you take your car to an expert to get it checked out at and diagnosed. You know you have problems with your car, but you want someone else to assess your car’s problems.
