It became harder, on Nov. 9, to shrug off an Office of Inspector General (OIG) report comparing Medicare and Internet prices for power mobility devices (PMDs).
You might remember that on Oct. 11, National Public Radio ran a story on DME fraud in South Florida that did not include the industry's perspective. That ommisson outraged a bunch of providers who complained to NPR about the unbalanced report. NPR took those complaints to heart, and on Nov.
A lot has been said about the need for home medical equipment providers to get the mainstream media’s attention. It’s hard to believe, but most people don’t know about HME (unless they’re caring for an elderly or disabled family member of friend).
While making calls for the December issue, an industry source asked me whether I had noticed participation in state association events dwindling. The attendance was “abysmal,†he said, at each of the state association events he has spoken at this year.
The Whole Wide World hd Here’s a statistic I cannot get out of my head: Of the 276 providers who responded to our October HME NewsPoll, 51% said that most of their Medicare beneficiaries cannot affo
