Industry ‘ready’ for prior auths
Industry stakeholders support CMS’s plans to expand the PMD demo—with a few tweaks. “I’m all for it,” said Peggy Walker, billing specialist at VGM. “I’m ready for more prior auths.” …
HME News: Sebelius resigns from HHS
Kathleen Sebelius has resigned after serving five years as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Sylvia Mathews Burwell, director of …
HME News: CMS targets 12 new states for PMD demo
The PMD demo is about to get bigger. In an April 4 emergency federal register notice, CMS details plans to expand its prior authorization program to 12 new states: Pennsylvania, …
HME News: Capped-rental rule takes effect
Although providers hoped to hear “April Fools,” the rule transitioning certain complex rehab items to capped-rental status went into effect Tuesday as planned. “This change in regulation is so ridiculous, …
HME News: VGM gathers bidding comments
The VGM Group has received 280 replies so far for its online competitive bidding survey, and it doesn’t want to stop there. The group created the survey to make it …
HME News: Acquisition gives investment firm global footprint
PBM Capital Group, a private investment firm that owns Human Design Capital (HDM), maker of the recently released Z1 Travel CPAP Machine, has acquired Breas, a Swedish maker of home …
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 …