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OIG: Handful of strips dominated Medicare mail-order market

by: 
HME News Staff
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01/16/2019
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Specialty Providers

WASHINGTON – The top two strips accounted for 53% of the Medicare mail-order market, and the top 10 strips accounted for 98% of the market, according to a new report from the Office of Inspector General.

CAIRE now part of Japanese company

by: 
HME News Staff
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01/15/2019
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Vendors

BALL GROUND, Ga. – CAIRE is now a wholly owned subsidiary of NGK Spark Plug Co., LTD, a Nagoya, Japan-based ceramics processing manufacturer.

Stakeholders meet with CMS on bid program

They expect additional info to be released in next few months
 by: 
Theresa Flaherty
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01/11/2019
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General News

WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders are focusing on CMS as they seek their footing in a bumpy start to the 116th Congress.

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NSM puts down roots in Canada

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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01/11/2019
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Mobility

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – It will be a new market with a number of complexities, but National Seating & Mobility plans to hit the ground running in Canada with its recent acquisition of SelfCare Home Health Products.

TPE program: Still a work in progress

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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01/11/2019
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General News

WASHINGTON – CMS has updated its “Targeted Probe and Educate” program in two ways that could potentially make it easier and more fair for HME providers.

Jim Hewlett works for ‘goosebumps’

by: 
Theresa Flaherty
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01/11/2019
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Specialty Providers

Jim Hewlett worked in marketing and merchandising before he decided to pursue a career in orthotics, first working directly with patients and later, developing accreditation standards and testing and inspection protocols.

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