Tag: RemZzzs
The Kathy Ireland effect
September 3, 2019Liz Beaulieu, Editor
JACKSON, Mich. - RemZzzs will be featured in a future episode of Modern Living with Kathy Ireland, a magazine-style program that features “the hottest stories, trends and breakthroughs that will educate and motivate viewers.”The program is independently produced and distributed worldwide on WE tv and Bloomberg International.“We shot video with her in her studio in Santa Barbara, Calif., for about 45 minutes in June,” said Bob Rutan, CEO. “She works with a lot of companies...
People and places: BioScrip, RemZzzs, Laboratory Tactical Consulting
February 10, 2015HME News Staff
Ryan McDevitt has joined Anna McDevitt at Laboratory Marketing. Ryan McDevitt will add business development consulting to the company's brand development services. With Ryan McDevitt on board, the company will transition to Laboratory Tactical Consulting. Previously, Ryan McDevitt was a senior account manager with Brightree…Elmsford, N.Y.-based BioScrip will nominate David Golding, Michael Goldstein and R. Carter Pate to its board of directors at the company's annual shareholder meeting....
Coding decision redirects RemZzzs
November 12, 2013Liz Beaulieu, Editor
JACKSON, Mich. - RemZzzs may not have given up on restoring Medicare coverage for its CPAP mask liners, but the company, in at least one way, has moved on.Rewind to March 2013. That's when a Medicare contractor notified RemZzzs that, in consultation with the four medical directors, it had re-assigned the liners to a non-covered code (A9270). The reason: The contractor stated the liners were a comfort product and “duplicative of what is already provided on the mask.” It also stated they...
RemZzzs seeks testimonials refuting Medicare code decision
March 22, 2013HME News Staff
JACKSON, Mich. - Naturs Design, the manufacturer of RemZzzs CPAP mask liners, is asking for customer testimonials to combat a Medicare billing code decision that makes CPAP mask liners a non-covered item. CMS, in a letter to RemZzzs, said the mask liners are “considered duplicative of what is already provided on the mask,” and assigned the code A9270 to the liners. “The loss of Medicare codes could have a major impact in coverage for those using private insurance as well,”...
RemZzza three years later
September 25, 2012Liz Beaulieu, Editor
When HME News first caught up with Bob Rutan in 2009, he had just torn up a T-Shirt to come up with the prototype for the RemZzzs CPAP mask liner. The company has come a long way since then. For starters, it has been awarded Medicare coverage under codes A7031 and A7032, the same codes used for mask cushions. Here are a few other updates on the company:Selling through providersOriginally, Rutan sold most of the liners through a website. But as the word got out to HME providers and sleep labs, that...