by Keith Kuhn | Jul 27, 2013 | Government, Payor
Joseph Reutter is a sales manager at a medical supply company. His company is one of several that contacted Channel 9 concerned about NCTracks, the state’s new online Medicaid system. Many told Channel 9 they have not been paid since the new system launched...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 26, 2013 | Government
The owner of a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment (DME) supply company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicare and Medi-Cal of more than $650,000. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S....
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 25, 2013 | Beneficiary
It is VERY IMPORTANT that ALL beneficiary access problems are reported so that the program’s failings can be properly documented for Congress to act. The Beneficiary Complaint Hotline, sponsored by AAHomecare and People for Quality Care, is actively logging hundreds...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 24, 2013 | Industry
DJO Global, Inc. announced the launch of the Empi Phoenix, an electrical stimulator designed to help simplify treatment of muscle atrophy before and after surgery for total knee replacement or ACL repair. “Addressing muscle atrophy is a real need prior to and during...
by Keith Kuhn | Jul 24, 2013 | Payor
Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross is spurning California’s new insurance market for small businesses, a potential setback in the state’s rollout of the federal healthcare law. Anthem, a unit of WellPoint Inc., is California’s largest insurer...
