tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 12

DME: Suppliers Vent About Operation Wheeler Dealer

CMS still mum on possible remedies.Feelings were running high at a March 3 special listening session on Operation Wheeler Dealer, as the government officials got an earful from suppliers on exactly what's wrong with the OWD changes. "This policy is pushing a lot of small businesses out of business," fumed Donald Needham, owner of Indian Trail, NC-based Knowledge Concepts Inc., in the forum. Needham was referring to the so-called "clarification" of wheelchair coverage policy issued by the durable medical equipment regional carriers in December."If we continue to go on like this, we'll be out of...

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