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CMS on PMD demo: Denials increase, spending drops

by: 
Elizabeth Deprey
  - 
05/03/2013
  | 
Mobility

WASHINGTON – Stakeholders say CMS’s recent update on the PMD demo doesn’t paint the whole picture.

CMS launches PMD demo website

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
03/28/2013

WASHINGTON – National Government Services, the DME MAC for Jurisdiction B, has developed a new website for providers submitting prior authorization requests as part of the PMD demo in seven states.

DMEevalumate launches online training guide

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
03/12/2013

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – DMEevalumate.com has launched an online training guide to help providers of power mobility devices (PMDs) comply with proper documentation standards.

MedForce Technologies certified as HIH

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
03/08/2013

CHESTNUT RIDGE, N.Y. – MedForce Technologies has been certified as a Health Information Handler (HIH), according to a press release.

On the Move

Sometimes freezing is the better option

by: 
Elizabeth Deprey
  - 
Friday, January 25, 2013

It’s been a chilly week here at HME News World HQ, with temps in the low single digits dipping into the negative double digits. 

Last winter was my first back in southern Maine after living along the Canadian border, and it was warm and wonderful, with only about two snowstorms. 

Topic: 
Mobility
Tags: 
PMD demo,
wheelchairs,
CMS,
prior authorization

PMD demo: Approval rate improves

by: 
Elizabeth Deprey
  - 
10/16/2012
  | 
Mobility

GWCC – A month and a half into the PMD demo, things are looking up, says Seth Johnson, vice president of government affairs for Pride Mobility Products.

AAH: Delay PMD demo

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
08/28/2012
  | 
Mobility

WASHINGTON – AAHomecare on Monday called for CMS to delay a PMD demo scheduled to start Sept. 1 because the agency still hasn’t released a final version of instructions.

On the Editor's Desk

Proposal would 'destroy' power wheelchair benefit

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
  - 
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Wheelchair providers have some pretty strong words for a proposal in the president’s budget for 2012 that would require prepayment reviews for all standard power wheelchairs.

Tags: 
On The Editor's Desk,
prior authorization,
standard power wheelchairs,
prepayment reviews

New Jersey

 by: 
Theresa Flaherty
  - 
06/22/2010
  | 
General News

TRENTON, N. J. - Providers here got thrown for a loop when the state announced it would reinstitute a prior authorization (PA) process for incontinence supplies–and gave them only three week's notice.