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Streamline your DME Billing with MBC
All the healthcare providers are searching for a streamlined DME billing operation team that may handle their DME billing process without much hassle. According to MarketWatch, the worldwide marketplace for Durable Medical Equipment (DME) is predicted to achieve up to USD 246.6 billion by the year 2026. This rise is predicted because of the advantages that DME products like a wheelchair, nebulizer, canes, crutches, walkers, etc. wear peoples. except for making patient’s life easy, the…
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Prior Authorization Process for DME during COVID-19 – Provider Burden Relief FAQs
The importance of medical review activities to CMS’ program integrity efforts, CMS will stop exercising enforcement discretion for the Prior Authorization Process for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) items beginning on August 3, 2020, regardless of the status of the public health emergency. Is CMS suspending most Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) medical review during the Public Health Emergency (PHE) for the COVID-19 pandemic? Yes, CMS had suspended most Medicare Fee-For-Service medical review…
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DME Supplies for Children with Disabilities
There might be a need for medical equipment or supplies for children with disabilities or having special health care needs. Once you identify your child’s needs then, you will be thinking about the different options as well as the ways to pay for durable medical equipment. However, insurance is one of the solutions for your problem as both Medicaid and other health insurance which is often cover some or all of the costs for these…
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DME Supplies: CMS Flexibilities to Fight COVID-19
From the beginning of the outbreak, the government has issued an uncommon range of temporary regulatory exemption as well as new rules and regulations in order to solidify the American healthcare system with the utmost flexibility to fight with the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These temporary changes in the guidelines will apply all over the United States healthcare system during the emergency period of the pandemic. Major goals of these actions are as follows: To…
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How to order DMEPOS items correctly?
As per the Medicare Program Integrity Manual, Chapter 5 (Items and Services Having Special DME Review Considerations), before you dispense any DMEPOS item to a beneficiary, you need to have an order from the treating physician. Please note that this article is intended for suppliers billing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) MACs for Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics, Orthotics Supplies (DMEPOS) provided to Medicare beneficiaries. Verbal or preliminary written orders: Suppliers may dispense most items of DMEPOS based…
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