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 →
Can You Dispense Surgical Dressings/Wound Care Supplies to A Nursing Home Patient?
If you can't dispense surgical dressings/wound care supplies to your inpatients, can you dispense supplies to your nursing home Read More →
Top 5 Practice Management Pearls
As a medical consultant and practice manager, I am often asked, "What are your top management pearls?" Without further Read More →
Dispensing Primary and Secondary Dressings With Different Change Frequencies
When dispensing surgical dressings, it is important to differentiate between primary and secondary dressings and to use them in Read More →
Differing Insurance Coverages: Should You Change Your Protocols?
Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting a protocol building workshop at IPED. We had a group of 30 Read More →
