Tag: DMEhub

WASHINGTON – CMS is having a subcontractor of the National Supplier Clearinghouse call supplier locations to make sure they’re open and available for inspection, according to AAHomecare.  Early in the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS waived the requirement that suppliers be open at a physical location a minimum of 30 hours per week (supplier standard No. 7). The waiver was lifted in July and CMS announced it would move forward with physical inspections. The agency assured...

LAKE FOREST, Calif., and BOISE, Idaho – DMEhub, an e-prescribe platform for ordering medical equipment and supplies, has partnered with Kno2 to enhance and further automate the DME ordering process. With Kno2’s interoperability as a service, DMEhub integrates with virtually every electronic health record system to save time, support the evidence for medical necessity and avoid duplicate orders. “This partnership with Kno2 gives DMEhub a greater...

WASHINGTON - There are a number of puzzle pieces locking together at CMS that could mean e-prescribing for DME becomes pervasive soon, the vendors of that technology say.In July, the agency's Office of Grants Management disclosed that it had awarded a multi-million dollar contract to MITRE, a private nonprofit corporation that operates federally funded research and development centers or FFRDCs, to conduct a feasibility analysis on e-prescribing for DME.“(MITRE) seems to be bullish,”...

LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Nearly two years after purchasing DMEhub, Apria is ready to reintroduce the newly retooled e-ordering platform, which uses “if/then” logic to gather documentation, to a wider market."It's like Turbo Tax for DME," said Ian Worden, vice president of product development at Apria. "You don't have to know all the rules, but you'll be prompted to answer things based on your responses. It will direct you through to make sure the right information supports the order."Since...

WASHINGTON - As this year's congressional session winds down, HME stakeholders are eyeing the “doc-fix” bill as the best vehicle for H.R. 1717. The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees are expected to mark up the doc fix bill on Thursday, according to Cara Bachenheimer, senior vice president of government relations for Invacare. If a finalized fix to physician reimbursement is delayed, it would give the industry more time to push H.R. 1717, which has 160 co-sponsors, said...

DALLAS and ORANGE PARK, Fla. - A new partnership means DMEhub integrates with and supports Aprima Medical Software's electronic health record (EHR) system, allowing physicians to order DME directly through Aprima.“Aprima is very pleased to be able to offer this important new time-saving feature to our customers,” said Michael Nissenbaum, Aprima president and CEO, in a release. “The need to automate the DME ordering process is becoming increasingly important as we see the population...