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Tag: Program Oversight and Advisory Committee (PAOC)


Editorial

Long time HME provider throws in the towel

April 25, 2011HME News Staff

Editor's note: The following is the speech that provider Rob Brandt gave at the April 5 meeting of the Program Oversight and Advisory Committee on competitive bidding. My name is Robert Brant and I am the co-owner of City Medical Services in North Miami Beach, Fla., in the Miami CBA. My business began in 1997 and we were Joint Commission accredited nine years before it was required. In July, I accepted the contract as a bid winner for oxygen in the Miami CBA, even though I was not awarded contracts...

Competitive Bidding, Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Home Medical Equipment (HME), Home Medical Equipment (HME), Program Oversight and Advisory Committee (PAOC)


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Executive Session

Our government at its finest

May 20, 2009Mike Moran

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) published a report yesterday that questions the error rate for DME claims for fiscal year 2008.  Each year, CMS's Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) contractor conducts medical reviews of a sample of DME claims to determine an error rate. For FY 2008, CMS contracted with Palmetto GBA to conduct an independent review of the error rate. The OIG based its report on Palmetto's findings. Hellraiser: Deader video I Am Legend dvd The Sentinel dvd Land...

Executive Session, Power mobility, Program Oversight and Advisory Committee (PAOC)


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