Tag: Andrew Trammell

MATTHEWS, N.C. - A year after the Affordable Care Act went into effect, Carolina's Home Medical Equipment reorganized to handle an onslaught of audits.“We've been pounded all year,” said Frank Trammell, president and CEO. “It's off the charts.”Although the increase of audit activity is the driving force behind the November retool, Carolina's HME also reorganized, in part, to handle a wave of bed and wheelchair business generated from winning Round 1 recompete competitive bid...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Carolina's Home Medical Equipment is now an authorized dealer of Medela breast pumps and negative pressure wound therapy devices, the company announced Jan. 3. Under the Affordable Care Act, most insurers are now required to pay for breast pumps. “This changes the market entirely, shifting a business previously dominated by retail to an insurance-covered item that generally must be billed via a DME provider,” said Andrew Trammell, CFO of Carolina's HME, in a release....