Proof of Delivery: Part 1
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that DME suppliers maintain proof that any item dispensed was Read More →
Are You Seeing Your Patients for Free?
It is the beginning of a new year and with a new year comes new deductibles and new insurance. Read More →
Upcoming Change in Bilateral Coding for Surgical Dressings
If a patient has bilateral ulcers that both qualify for surgical dressings, you can supply dressings for both ulcers Read More →
The Top Reasons Your Protocols Are Not Being Followed
You know your practice needs protocols and spent time developing them, but now these valuable protocols are not being Read More →
The Face-To-Face Examination Requirement
Among the requirements that must be satisfied when dispensing surgical dressings and compression garments is a face-to-face (FTF) examination. Read More →
Billing for Compression Therapy: -AW and Laterality Modifiers
Compression is an essential component of both healing and preventing venous leg ulcers. Not only do compression garments, such Read More →
Why Your Practice Needs Protocols
Every business in the world operates through various systems of protocols. You order your dinner, the cashier rings it Read More →
Special Notice: Recent Clarification Announced by CMS
Clarification in Order Requirements for DME Dispensing In a MLN Matters article dated October 12, 2018, CMS announced a Read More →
ALWAYS Tell Your Staff…Yes!
I had a problem. I hated telling my staff "yes." I am a Type A personality. Above all else, Read More →
Billing For Surgical Dressings: A-Modifiers
One of the most important steps to ensure clean billing of surgical dressings is the appropriate use of the Read More →
