PMD workshop attracts 200-plus
By HME News Staff
Updated Thu November 30, 2006
PITTSBURGH - The Pennsylvania Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers (PAMS) attracted 200-plus providers and clinicians to an Oct. 25 seminar on new documentation regulations that require physician prescriptions and medical records for power mobility devices. The seminar featured a presentation by Dr. Robert Hughes, the medical director for jurisdictions A and B, and a review of sample documentation followed by a discussion of whether it would pass muster in a post-payment audit. More than 95% of attendees stated the seminar increased their knowledge of the documentation requirements, according to Georgie Blackburn, president of PAMS and compliance director at the Tarentum, Pa.-based Blackburn's. Speakers didn't address CMS's proposed pricing for PMDs, but Hughes stated at the seminar that he didn't expect the agency to delay its Nov. 15 implementation date.
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