Tag: Enteral
Home infusion stakeholders roll up sleeves on NCD
October 16, 2020Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - Home infusion stakeholders will meet with Medicare officials this week to begin digging into how CMS's national coverage determination for parenteral and enteral nutrition will replace existing local coverage determinations.
CMS announced earlier this month that it will retire the LCDs, which stakeholders says are some of the “most complicated” within the DMEPOS world, on Nov. 12.
“There are lots of details and decision trees to qualify a patient—situations...
Option Care awarded enteral contracts
June 3, 2016HME News Staff
BANNOCKBURN, Ill. - Option Care has accepted contracts in the Round 2 re-compete to provide enteral nutrition services across the country. The provider has participated in the competitive bidding program since 2011. “Our continued selection by CMS demonstrates that Option Care is a partner of choice because our proven track record of delivering quality care ensures successful outcomes,” said John Rademacher, COO for Option Care. “Our high rates of patient satisfaction and safety...
Heartland I.V. Care: We accepted 41 bid contracts
March 5, 2013HME News Staff
TOLEDO, Ohio - Heartland I.V. Care has accepted 41 Medicare contracts as part of Round 2 of competitive bidding, according to a press release. Through the contracts, Heartland I.V. will continue to serve the Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit and Seattle areas with nutrition support services and intravenous medications, the release states. “Enteral therapy is an important part of Heartland's continuum of home-based services, and we look forward to expanding these services to meet the needs of patients...