Tag: Phone demo
CMS expands phone demo
October 23, 2018HME News Staff
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - CMS will expand a demonstration project that allows HME providers to speak with reconsideration professionals by phone to try and resolve their cases to jurisdictions A and B on Nov. 1.
The agency cited “strong support from the supplier community and the initial success of the demonstration” as reasons to expand the phone demo.
“Effective on or after Nov. 1, the DME QIC will offer telephone discussions and/or re-openings to DME suppliers within the DME...
Appeals update: Pressure mounts to expand phone demo
December 15, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON - CMS is considering expanding a demonstration project to jurisdictions A and B that allows providers to speak with reconsideration professionals by phone to try and resolve their appeals at the second level, stakeholders say.
After hearing testimony from Ronda Buhrmester at a recent Small Business Administration hearing, CMS responded in a letter, saying it “concurs with the noted initial benefits of this demonstration and is in discussions regarding possible expansions to jurisdictions...