CMS has published proposed changes to the Oxygen National Coverage Determination (NCD). If approved, these changes would be considered a “win”...
Read Full Post
Home Blog
Recent Blog Posts
July 2, 2021
CMS has published proposed changes to the Oxygen National Coverage Determination (NCD). If approved, these changes would be considered a “win” for the industry and, more importantly, expand access for beneficiaries. The public has 30 days...
July 1, 2021
On June 30, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a safety communication to their website. The FDA communication urges patients using the affected devices to talk to their health care providers to determine a suitable treatment...
June 25, 2021
On June 14, 2021, Philips Respironics announced the voluntary, global recall of an estimated 4 million continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices, bilevel respiratory assist devices (RADs), and ventilators. The situation is quite fluid; consequently,...
June 18, 2021
Impact of the Philips PAP Recall on Patient Care and Sleep Center Operations Today, Friday June 18, at 3:00-4:00pm (ET) the American Academy of Sleep Medicine is hosting a live panel discussion with representatives from the American Academy of...
June 16, 2021
The FUTURE Local Coverage Article: Glucose Monitor - Policy Article (A52464) and FUTURE Local Coverage Determination (LCD): Glucose Monitors (L33822) are now available for viewing on the CMS website. While most of the edits are minor changes to verbiage,...
DMEPOS Suppliers see spike in commercial audits
Last week CMS announced that MACs would expand their postpayment audit scope to include dates of service after March 1, 2020. Previously, MACs had been restricted to auditing pre-pandemic claims only. In addtion to increased audit activity...
June 7, 2021
CMS issued CR 12282 to communicate the addition of HCPCS codes that require the use of a licensed/certified orthotist or prosthetist for furnishing custom fabricated and prefabricated (custom fitted) orthoses. This change will apply...
June 3, 2021
Beginning August 2020, Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) resumed post-payment reviews of items and services with dates of service before March 2020. MACs may now begin conducting post-payment medical reviews for later dates of service. The...
November 23, 2020
By Wayne van Halem, President, The van Halem Group Direct-to-consumer marketing and lead-generation are perfectly legal manners in which to court potential customers. However, with Medicare patients, there are a number of laws that HME suppliers...
November 12, 2020
Effective January 1, 2021 and extending through December 31, 2025, CMS is exercising its authority to allow nurse practitioners to certify that an order for diabetic shoes is required under a new model demonstration for certain states. Under this...