Nearing enrollment’s end, lots of North Carolinians still uninsured
With two weeks left to enroll in health insurance for 2014 through the Affordable Care Act, tens of thousands of uninsured residents in North Carolina could face penalties if they …
HME News: CGS launches manual wheelchair review
High strength, lightweight manual wheelchairs will be the subject of a service-specific prepayment review because of their high claims payment error rate, CGS, the Jurisdiction C DME MAC, announced Feb. …
Congressmen Urge Sebelius to Fix RAC Backlog
In a letter to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, 111 congressmen urged HHS to deploy additional resources to resolve the backlog of appeals of overpayments determined by Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs), …
HME News: Audits: ‘We are in crisis,’ stakeholders say
HME stakeholders made their case against an audit program run amok at a forum last week. “We need to have a resolution on how to help my providers today because …
ALJ Delays by the Numbers
At a recent Office of Medicare Hearings and Appeals (OMHA) hearing on delays in scheduling appeals at the administrative law judge (ALJ) level, AAHomecare President Tom Ryan told OMHA Chief …
CMS Extends 2013 Meaningful Use Attestation Deadline for Eligible Professionals
On Feb. 7, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) extended by one month the deadline for eligible professionals to attest to meaningful use for the 2013 Medicare EHR …
HME News: OIG outlines work plan
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has several new HME-related projects in the works for 2014, including a review of the reasonableness of the Medicare fee schedule. In its recently …
PECOS Ordering Referring Physician Data Problem Fixed
On January 15, CGS notified providers of an issue related to the ordering/referring physician data in the DME MAC claim system. CMS provided a corrected file to the DME MACs …