Tag: The Compliance Team
Accreditation: Moving forward during the moratorium
April 13, 2026Sandra Canally
Q. What are alternative revenue paths for new providers?
A. If you were planning to launch a DMEPOS business this year, the new CMS moratorium may feel like a door slamming in your face. On February 27, 2026, the agency initiated a six-month nationwide moratorium on new Medicare enrollment and Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN) issuance for DMEPOS suppliers.
But Medicare isn’t the only doorway to revenue for your new business. You can still get accredited by a CMS-approved accreditation...
Accreditation: Accreditation yesterday doesn't ensure reaccreditation today
March 16, 2026Sandra Canally
Q. What are the top deficiencies among reaccrediting providers?
A. If you’ve been an accredited DMEPOS provider for years, you’ve probably grown accustomed to a certain reaccreditation process. But Jan. 1, 2026, changed the rules – for everyone.
Under the CMS final rule, 100% compliance is required on all standards. What may have not been a deficiency last accreditation period, may be cause for denial or revocation this time around.
We’ve identified the top deficiencies...
Accreditation: Prevent avoidable denials
February 17, 2026Sandra Canally
Q. How can I protect my business accreditation from being denied or revoked in the new era of 100% compliance?
A. When CMS overhauled the DMEPOS accreditation process, the agency reinforced the mandatory 100% compliance with all standards supplied by their accreditation organization (AO). Every standard must be met at the time of your onsite survey. No exceptions. If not, and depending on the infraction, a corrective action plan...
Accreditation: Get ready for the knock
January 14, 2026Sandra Canally
Q. How can an HME/DME provider best prepare for the new accreditation changes?
A. The DMEPOS/Home Health Final Rule from CMS represents substantial changes in the accreditation process for HME/DME providers who bill through Medicare/Medicaid.
Of those changes, none may be more significant than the switch to annual onsite surveys. While annual surveys are creating the most...
AOs process changes amid accreditation’s new normal
January 9, 2026Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine – Accrediting organizations (AOs) have some breathing room thanks to a decision by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to phase in its new policy requiring annual resurvey and reaccreditation for DMEPOS providers.
In a provision summary following a Nov. 28 final rule, CMS clarified that a provider’s annual resurvey and reaccreditation cycle will not begin until the expiration of its current three-year cycle, if issued prior to Jan. 1,...
The Compliance Team stands ready to implement new accreditation requirement
December 2, 2025HME News Staff
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. - The Compliance Team (TCT) says it is prepared to implement annual accreditation for DMEPOS providers as outlined in the recently released final rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Prior to the final rule, reaccreditation was required every three years. TCT says it has had a specifically designed annual, CMS-approved DMEPOS accreditation program for more than 14 years. “Our team at TCT is prepared starting...
Pharmacy: The Compliance Team, RedSail Technologies
July 14, 2020HME News Staff
Spring House, Pa.-based The Compliance Team recently launched its latest Exemplary Provider Quality Award program: Pharmacy Testing Certification. The program provides pharmacies with the education and tools necessary to achieve certification for COVID-19 and other Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments waived tests. It offers pharmacies new revenue opportunities via point-of-care testing, and collect and transfer testing. To participate, a pharmacy must obtain a CLIA Waiver and have completed...
Short takes: The Compliance Team, Quantum Rehab, CAIRE
November 22, 2019HME News Staff
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. - Sandra Canally, RN, founder and CEO of The Compliance Team, is one of 144 women to be named to Drug Store News' Top Women in Health, Wellness and Beauty awards program. Canally, who is the only woman to own a certified healthcare accreditation organization, received an award for Business Excellence. “I am honored to receive this award; however, these awards represent much more than individual achievements,” she said. “They represent the considerable power of...
Do AOs police fraud?
July 3, 2019Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - Accreditation organizations help to prevent and eliminate fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicare program, but it's not their main job, they say. After news broke earlier this year of “Operation Brace Yourself,” a $1.2 billion fraud scheme involving medical unnecessary braces, HME providers shook their heads wondering, “How are they accredited?” The scheme involved illegal kickbacks and bribes by HME providers in exchange for referrals of beneficiaries by...
The Compliance Team celebrates 25 years
January 18, 2019HME News Staff
SPRING HOUSE, Pa. - It's been 25 years since Sandra Canally, RN, formed The Compliance Team to accredit Medicare Part A and Part B providers. Canally considers The Compliance Team to be the only certified woman-owned organization to be authorized to accredit providers. She considers as highlights over the past two decades: plain language Safety-Honesty-Caring Quality Standards and Evidence of Compliance; a patient satisfaction reporting and benchmarking web portal; and a Medicare-approved Exemplary...