HME NewswireThe HME Newswire June 22, 2009
Healthcare reform plan whacks power wheelchairs
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers fired a shot across the bow of the HME industry Friday, when the U.S. House of Representatives released a healthcare reform bill that calls for eliminating the first-month purchase option for power wheelchairs.
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Surety bond: Providers play waiting game
YARMOUTH, Maine – Surety bond applications are coming in "slow but steady," industry insurers report.
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NCART 'steps up' its game
WASHINGTON – A familiar face will take the reins at the National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) next month.
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New neb-med pricing dispenses few surprises
YARMOUTH, Maine – Reimbursement for nebulizer medications will stay about the same for the third quarter of 2009, giving providers a chance to catch their breath.
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In brief: Oxygen fraud, Apria's strategy
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Medicaid has zeroed in on DME fraud connected to oxygen concentrators. Officials with the state's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) have investigated 12 DME companies suspected of fraud and visited with more than 120 patients, they announced last week.
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Healthcare reform plan whacks power wheelchairs
WASHINGTON – Lawmakers fired a shot across the bow of the HME industry Friday, when the U.S. House of Representatives released a healthcare reform bill that calls for eliminating the first-month purchase option for power wheelchairs.
Read more http://www.hmenews.com/?p=article&id=hm200906tZiDRW
Surety bond: Providers play waiting game
YARMOUTH, Maine – Surety bond applications are coming in "slow but steady," industry insurers report.
Read more http://www.hmenews.com/?p=article&id=hm200906qLmQQt
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Top News Stories: www.hmenews.com/rss/hme_topstories.php
hmenewsTV—industry updates & interviews: www.hmenews.com/rss/video.php
Notes from the Golden Commode blog—general news & opinion: www.hmenews.com/blogs/rss.php?feed=rss2
Wheels in Motion blog—rehab: www.hmenews.com/blogwm/rss.php?feed=rss2
e-SP blog—sleep & specialty providers: www.hmenews.com/blogesp/rss.php?feed=rss2
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NCART 'steps up' its game
WASHINGTON – A familiar face will take the reins at the National Coalition for Assistive and Rehab Technology (NCART) next month.
Read more http://www.hmenews.com/?p=article&id=hm2009061SP2Wo
New neb-med pricing dispenses few surprises
YARMOUTH, Maine – Reimbursement for nebulizer medications will stay about the same for the third quarter of 2009, giving providers a chance to catch their breath.
Read more http://www.hmenews.com/?p=article&id=hm2009068mXci0
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In brief: Oxygen fraud, Apria's strategy
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida Medicaid has zeroed in on DME fraud connected to oxygen concentrators. Officials with the state's Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) have investigated 12 DME companies suspected of fraud and visited with more than 120 patients, they announced last week.
Read more http://www.hmenews.com/?p=article&id=hm200906lpujC
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HME News
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Yarmouth, ME 04096
Editorial contact:
Liz Beaulieu, Editor
ebeaulieu@hmenews.com
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Rick Rector, Publisher
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