Tag: New Jersey
Lifeway Mobility deepens presence on East Coast
July 14, 2025HME News Staff
HARTORD, Conn. - Lifeway Mobility has opened a new location in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., to serve northern and central New Jersey, as well as the Westchester and Putnam counties in New York and the western New York City metropolitan area. The company has also welcomed Wayne Brown as director of sales growth for the Northeast and general manager for the new northern New Jersey team. “Welcoming Wayne to our growing team is another key step in enhancing our services across the New York City metro area...
N.J. Medicaid could save by cutting test strip prices, OIG says
September 11, 2013HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Reducing reimbursements for blood glucose test strips to retail rates or establishing competitive bidding pricing could have saved New Jersey's Medicaid program between $1.8 million and $2.7 million in 2011, the OIG reported in a Sept. 11 report. During calendar year 2011, reimbursement from New Jersey's four Medicaid managed-care organizations was $3.1 million more than retail prices and $4.5 million more than competitive bidding pricing, according to the report. Reducing the...
New Jersey
June 22, 2010Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
TRENTON, N. J. - Providers here got thrown for a loop when the state announced it would reinstitute a prior authorization (PA) process for incontinence supplies-and gave them only three week's notice.
"It's a large workload that has been brought back to providers," said Wendy Russalesi, executive director of the Jersey Association of Medical Equipment Services (JAMES).
The state has also dropped the monthly cap on incontinence products like diapers, underpads and gloves from 250 units to 180 units....