CMS plan to expand its flawed durable medical equipment bidding process to personalized supplies will harm patients and fail to generate the desired budget savings.
The CareForward Alliance, a newly formed coalition of senior citizen advocates, people with disabilities, patient groups, and ...
AdvaMed highlights concerns over patient safety and market competition regarding the CMS’s proposal for restarting the bidding programme for medical equipment in Medicare.
Despite the growing prevalence and impact of obesity in America, it took Medicare over 40 years to cover bariatric surgery, ...
The ITEM coalition and other organizations on vital policy and public interest positions Many Groups and Organizations respond to Policy Issues ...
Abbreviations: NA, not applicable; SD, standard deviation; SEER, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results. Mann-Whitney test. χ 2 test for trend. Fisher's exact test. Any treatment versus no ...
Last Wednesday, I reported on the public comment window closing for the home health proposed rule. My headline read “CMS Faces Flood Of Comments Opposing ...
Medicare covers 80% of the cost for a CPAP machine and supplies if you have a specific type of sleep apnea. To get coverage for a CPAP machine, you have to show that you have sleep apnea by having a ...
Original Medicare doesn’t cover walk-in tubs because they don’t meet the definition of durable medical equipment. Some Medicare Advantage plans may include walk-in tubs as part of home safety ...
As anyone with Medicare knows, there are several different parts of it-A, B, C and D-each of which covers something entirely ...