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Updated cost study addresses pressure sores, incontinence, diabetes

July 21, 2022HME News Staff

WATERLOO, Iowa – For every $1 CMS invests in DME and supplies to prevent pressure sores, it will see a return of $38.54 in reduced or avoided treatment costs, according to an updated study from VGM Government Relations and Leitten Consulting. DME and supplies to prevent pressure sores was one of three new categories included in the study. The others: catheters and related urological supplies, and diabetic test strips and monitors. “As CMS forced prices down and treatment...

Catheter, Cost, Diabetic Test Strips, Leitten Consulting, pressure sores, Study, VGM Government Relations