Tag: DIFs
Providers to CMS: Yes, please drop CMNs
May 29, 2015Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
BALTIMORE - CMNs/DIFs are a burden HME stakeholders would like to see eliminated, they told CMS officials during an Open Door Forum last week.“There was a time and place for CMNs,” said Ronda Buhrmester, a reimbursement specialist for The VGM Group, during the forum. “Providers already have to gather that info in the progress notes and it is redundant. It's time to eliminate CMNs.”Currently, CMNs are required for oxygen, pneumatic compression devices, osteogenesis stimulators,...
