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Maintain profitablity despite changes

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Guest Commentary
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11/23/2015
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Editorial

Facilitating the highest quality of care for patients remains the central focus of HME providers.

Stay focused on task at hand

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Guest Commentary
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11/23/2015
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Editorial

Audits, new rounds of bidding in the Medicare Rounds 1 and 2 competitive bid areas, ICD-10 transition, face-to-face documentation—so many issues to keep track of to ensure your company is in compliance.

Clinician's corner: Explore payment options for elevation

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Guest Commentary
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11/23/2015
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Editorial

In my travels and discussions with clinicians and providers I am hearing a disturbing myth that “nobody” pays for a power seat elevation system. This could not be further from the truth.

Settlement process still long shot for many providers

‘We are still 50% of the appeals backlog and it would be better for all of us if (the settlement conference) worked better’
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Theresa Flaherty
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11/13/2015
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Editorial

WASHINGTON – The Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals has made the settlement process slightly easier, but challenges remain, says AAHomecare’s Kim Brummett.

There's no 'standstill' i PMD electronic template

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Letter to the Editor
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10/22/2015
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Editorial

An article in the September issue of HME News referenced the “standstill” status of the PMD template hung up in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (“Template is at a standstill,” September 2015). 

A Marine's guide to HME online success

The new normal may fell like chaos, but new times require new methods
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Guest Commentary
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10/22/2015
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Editorial

2009. somewhere on the Iraq/Syria border. 

Medtrade pep talk: Getting to a better future, faster

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Guest Commentary
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10/22/2015
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Editorial

The HME industry is evolving, and opportunities to innovate are everywhere. From supply chain modernization and retail, to social media and telehealth, the HME community is ramping up the pace of change—and Medtrade is a hub for this movement.

Did you catch this change to payments for nutrition?

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Guest Commentary
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09/25/2015
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Editorial

A  new enforcement of quantity details on detailed written orders for enteral nutrition is manifesting in claim denials.

Charity: A silent victim of competitive bidding

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Guest Commentary
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09/25/2015
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Editorial

So much air time in our industry is spent on the tremendous loss that providers and related entities are enduring because of forced market consolidation.

TIME TO RETHINK THE HME SERVICE MODEL

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Guest Commentary
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09/25/2015
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Editorial

Back in 1999, as an industry consultant, I wrote a special report for HME News called “Lessons from Polk County.” In 2001, I left home care to re-enter the hospital world.

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