First Quarter HME Audit Key Report Released | HomeCare Magazine

HME Audit Key Report

Read the whole article: First Quarter HME Audit Key Report Released | HomeCare Magazine:

"The latest HME Audit Key survey results, running through the first quarter of 2017, show continued appeal determinations in favor of suppliers in several product categories, including overturn rates of 68 percent for respiratory products, 77 percent for ostomy, urological, wound care, and diabetic supplies, and 81 percent for NPWT devices and supplies. Other highlights from this round include:"
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Examining the Impact of Medicare - Audits on HME Suppliers

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CA HMDR Exemptee online internet-based training certification by SkillsPlus Intl Inc.
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Is Your Pharmacy Ready for Drug Supply Chain Integrity? | The National Law Review

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"Beginning July 1, 2015, most pharmacies in the U.S. will be required to have systems in place to receive transaction information regarding the prescription drugs they purchase from suppliers.  The requirement stems from a 2013 federal law called the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), enacted as one component of the Drug Quality and Security Act."

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training 
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Round 2 Contract Suppliers Listed

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CMS Announces Round Two Contractors -- HME Business:

"Finding Contract Holders

To find Round Two contract holder, the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor, Palmetto GBA, has released a PDF listing all the contract holders at [. . .]

Also, CMS’s online searchable supplier directory is already showing which providers are holding competitive bidding contracts. To find the contract-holders for specific categories in specific areas, visit [. . .]  and enter the zip code in question; select up to five product categories; and then scroll down and click the green “search” button."

Resources:
Medicare.gov - Supplier Directory - Find a Supplier by Zip Code

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California HMDR Exemptee Training Certification Course - for home medical device retailers.

For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training 
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Cardinal Health To Buy AssuraMed - Reuters

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Read the full article:   Cardinal Health to buy medical supplier AssuraMed for $2.07 billion | Reuters:

"The deal will give Cardinal access to the growing number of Americans who are treated in home settings. 

"This is a platform opportunity for Cardinal Health products and services which will be increasingly important as the delivery of care migrates to more cost-effective settings," George Barrett, chairman and chief executive, said in a prepared statement. 

AssuraMed, with sales of about $1 billion in 2012, serves more than 1 million patients nationally with more than 30,000 products."

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training - New!
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

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• The Exemptee Institute just launched (skillsplusinfo.blogspot.com)
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• Invacare divests medical supplies unit, reaches agreement with FDA on manufacturing issues (medcitynews.com)

CSIHME Launches New Website

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Updated October 24, 2022

It appears that CSIHME no longer exists.

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This new website launched, The Committee to Save Independent Home Medical Equipment suppliers (or CSIHME), to help achieve its mission:

The Committee to Save Independent Home Medical Equipment suppliers (or CSIHME) is a non-profit business league formed by independent HME providers for the purpose of advancing the agenda, needs, and value of the independent HME provider community through focused lobbying efforts and public relations activities. In short, CSIHME wants to give a voice to the people who have committed their lives to helping others through Home Medical Equipment and supplies.

The site offers information about the group, and the efforts of its lobbyist and publicist. It also provides a method for people to help subsidize those efforts. 

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For Designated Representative license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training affidavit):

• CA Designated Representative Wholesaler Training - Available around-the-clock 24 x 7
• CA Designated Representative 3PL Training
• CA Designated Representative Reverse Distributor Training  
• The Designated Representative Institute

     Florida:

• Florida Certified Designated Representative - CDR Laws and Rules Examination Prep Course

For HMDR Exemptee license applicants  -  Training programs, courses, classes, seminars:

     California (earn a training completion certificate):

• CA Home Medical Device Retailer (HMDR) Exemptee Training Course
• The Exemptee Institute

Florida Cracks Down On Miami DME Fraud

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Updated May 4, 2021

The original link broke.

You can still read about the topic here:

IN BRIEF: OXYGEN FRAUD, APRIA'S STRATEGY - HME News.com

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The Miami Herald reports, Florida probes Miami-area medical-equipment kickbacks - Medicaid investigators are targeting fraud in Miami-Dade County, zeroing in on questionable billing for medical equipment. They report investigations of providers suspected of bilking the state healthcare program for low-income people by billing for oxygen concentrators that are not medically needed. Investigators also visited more than 120 Medicaid patients, some of whom may have received kickbacks from medical equipment suppliers for ordering their products. Of note, investigators indicate that unnecessary billing for oxygen concentrators has been a particular problem over the past five years. According to Holly Benson, secretary for the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, said fraudulent billing for oxygen concentrators is the latest scam ailing Medicaid, which spent $90 million on medical equipment in fiscal 2007-08. About 25 percent of that spending, funded by state and federal taxes, was in Miami-Dade. In summary, it's especially important to have things in order if you're near Miami and billing for oxygen concentrators. 

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