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In brief: PMD spending down, F&P earnings up

May 30, 2014HME News Staff

WASHINGTON - Spending on power mobility devices (PMDs) continues to fall nationwide since the September 2012 launch of a demo requiring prior authorizations in seven states, CMS says. Monthly expenditures for PMD codes dropped from $12 million in September 2012 to $3 million in December 2013 in demo states, and from $20 million to $6 million in non-demo states across the same time period, according to an update. “While we recognize that multiple factors contributed to the decrease in...

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