tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2007 Issue 22

DME: Encourage Medicare To Exempt Physicians From Accreditation Requirement

Master DME accreditation now -- or risk falling behind.Are you ready to seek accreditation as a durable medical equipment (DME) supplier? If not, then brace yourself for Medicare denials.The situation: For now, only suppliers who take part in competitive bidding must be accredited as DME providers, according to an official with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). But "all suppliers--including physicians who are supplying DME only to their own patients--will eventually need to be accredited," says the official. CMS could announce a national accreditation deadline at any time. The problem: Accreditation "can be quite...

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