Subscribe to Providers

Providers

Grand theft HME

Brazen pair makes off with thousands in equipment
 by: 
Theresa Flaherty
  - 
04/27/2018
  | 
Providers

AUSTIN, Texas – Provider Nick Murphey had a rude awakening recently, when he learned that two thieves had stolen a trailer containing tens of thousands of dollars in home medical equipment from his business.

AvaCare Medical introduces purchase order option

by: 
Tracy Orzel
  - 
04/23/2018
  | 
Providers

LAKEWOOD, N.J. – AvaCare Medical is making it easier for hospitals and nursing homes to buy DME now and pay later thanks to its new online purchase order system.

Don’t gamble on your claims, van Halem Group says

by: 
Theresa Flaherty
  - 
04/23/2018
  | 
Providers

LAS VEGAS – Although Medicare is attempting to reduce claim denials and appeals with a “friendlier” process, HME providers still need to take that process seriously.

Apria launches ‘TurboTax’ for e-ordering

by: 
Tracy Orzel
  - 
04/23/2018
  | 
Providers

LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Nearly two years after purchasing DMEhub, Apria is ready to reintroduce the newly retooled e-ordering platform, which uses “if/then” logic to gather documentation, to a wider market.

Rotech agrees to pay $9.68M, signs $185M credit agreement

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
04/13/2018
  | 
Providers

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Rotech Healthcare has agreed to pay $9.68 million for submitting false claims for portable oxygen contents to Medicare, according to an April 12 press release from the Department of Justice.

Rotech agrees to pay $9.68M

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
04/13/2018
  | 
Providers

CLEARWATER, Fla. – Rotech Healthcare has agreed to pay $9.68 million for submitting false claims for portable oxygen contents to Medicare, according to an April 12 press release from the Department of Justice.

Rotech signs $185M credit agreement

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
04/12/2018
  | 
Providers

ORLANDO, Fla. – Rotech Healthcare has obtained a $185 million credit facility to “continue (its) growth strategies.”

Amazon wants to disrupt health care, including DME, report says

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
03/27/2018
  | 
Providers

BOSTON – DME is one of five possible points of entry for Amazon to dominate the healthcare market, according to a new report from global management consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting.

Amazon wants to disrupt health care, including DME, report says

by: 
HME News Staff
  - 
03/27/2018
  | 
Providers

BOSTON – DME is one of five possible points of entry for Amazon to enter and dominate the healthcare market, according to a new report from global management consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting.

Industry wants answers

Big question now: ‘What are going to be the next steps?’
 by: 
Theresa Flaherty
  - 
03/23/2018
  | 
Providers

WASHINGTON – Congress put CMS on notice when it passed an omnibus bill last week that the agency needs to enact a competitive bidding-related interim final rule.

Pages