HME News: Bid, audit bills near prime time
Industry stakeholders expect Reps. Pat Tiberi, R-Ohio, and John Larson, D-Conn., to lead a group of lawmakers in introducing a bill this week that would require HME providers to obtain …
TIA Encourages HHS to Examine Changes to Achieve Full Potential of Telehealth
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), the leading association representing the manufacturers and suppliers of high-tech communications networks, joined a number of stakeholders in urging newly-confirmed Secretary of the Department of …
The doctor will see you now – Virtually
Advances in telehealth are changing the way health care is delivered in the Cincinnati area. In Springdale, robots equipped to give quick medical checkups could be the latest technology used …
Supreme Court Denied Review to Medicare Contractor Claims Challenge
The Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari which challenged a Medicare contractor’s handling of over 15,000 individual medical claims submitted for inpatient rehabilitation services by one provider. This denial …
HME News: Providers debate prior auth proposal
A majority of HME providers welcome the idea of prior authorizations for certain DME, but they say Medicare’s proposed timeline for returning decisions is unreasonable. Sixty-nine percent of the 160 …
IBM to Bid for Department of Defense Healthcare Modernization Contract
IBM today announced that it will team with Epic, the market-leading provider of electronic health records (EHR), to compete for the Department of Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization (DHMSM) contract. …
Strategy shift for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has shuffled around its organizational structure, consolidating various parts of its business under more defined groupings. The move comes as the state’s …
HME News: VGM, The van Halem Group merge
The VGM Group and The van Halem Group have merged, allowing the member services organization to offer “an array of mission-critical professional services” related to audits. “They are the recognized …