Time to Start Using Medicare Beneficiary Identifiers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have removed social security-based claim numbers from Medicare cards and are Read More →
Can You Dispense Surgical Dressings/Wound Care Supplies to an Inpatient?
The short answer is...No. Medicare will not make separate payments for items dispensed during any inpatient stay in acute Read More →
Proof of Delivery: Part 4
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) require that DME suppliers maintain proof that any time dispensed was Read More →
Proof of Delivery: Part 3
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that DME suppliers maintain proof that any item dispensed was Read More →
Proof of Delivery: Part 2
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requires that DME suppliers maintain proof that any item dispensed was Read More →
Can Private Practice Compete with Wound Care Centers? Yes!
When I ask physicians why they are not doing more wound care in their office, I often hear the Read More →
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 →
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 →
