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Fingerprinting: New opportunity for ‘mistakes and delays’

by: 
Liz Beaulieu
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04/18/2014
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WASHINGTON – HME providers who want to do business with Medicare will have to navigate through another layer of bureaucracy starting some time this year.

Providers put services on chopping block

by: 
Leah Hoenen
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04/18/2014
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YARMOUTH, Maine – An overwhelming majority of respondents to a recent HME Newspoll (91%) said lower reimbursement has driven them to cut back on services over the last year.

The area where they’ve cut the most: deliveries (44%).

In brief: CMS awards new bid contracts, QIC overturns denials

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HME News Staff
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04/18/2014
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HONOLULU – CMS has awarded new competitive bidding contracts to two local providers in Hawaii: Aloha Medical and American Home Care Systems. To date, just 13 of the 97 providers who accepted contracts as part of Round 2 of competitive bidding were located in Hawaii.

VGM uses OmniSYS to fight audits

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HME News Staff
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04/17/2014
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WATERLOO, Iowa – A new deal will help VGM members respond to audits using OmniSYS solutions at a discounted rate, the companies announced April 17.

CMS readying for background checks

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HME News Staff
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04/16/2014
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WASHINGTON – CMS is moving forward with fingerprint-based background checks for certain DME and home health and hospice providers.

Gov’t to Orbit Medical: We want our money back

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HME News Staff
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04/15/2014
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WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice (DOJ) has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Orbit Medical and Jake Kilgore for allegedly altering and forging physician prescriptions and supporting documentation for power wheelchairs and accessories.

Reports offer little substance for HME industry

by: 
Theresa Flaherty
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04/11/2014
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WASHINGTON – A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on the Round 1 rebid of competitive bidding “parroted” CMS, say industry stakeholders.

In brief: Sebelius steps down, QMES obtains financing

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HME News Staff
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04/11/2014
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WASHINGTON – Kathleen Sebelius has resigned after serving five years as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

Sebelius resigns from HHS

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HME News Staff
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04/11/2014
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WASHINGTON – Kathleen Sebelius has resigned after serving five years as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

QMES repositions with $50M in financing

by: 
HME News Staff
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04/10/2014
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NEW YORK – QMES, a distributor of DME in nine states, has secured a $50 million senior secured credit facility from CIT Corporate Finance, Healthcare.

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