Tag: Prepay reviews
Prepay reviews threaten access
July 24, 2013Elizabeth Deprey
YARMOUTH, Maine - HME providers say heavy volumes of prepay reviews have made them more cautious about providing hospital beds and certain other equipment to Medicare beneficiaries.The end result will be decreased access, they say.“(Medicare) has no clue about the ramifications of these claim denials,” said Glenn Steinke, owner of Bishop, Calif.-based Airway Medical. “The last prepay review had an error rate of 92%. Could 92% of patients really not need their hospital beds?”After...