DME delivery before discharge
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
HCFA agrees to allow durable medical equipment suppliers to deliver items to patients up to two days before discharge from a facility, according to the National Association for Medical Equipment Services. With the change, which will be published in the next issue of the DME regional carriers' supplier bulletins, suppliers cannot bill for the items - which are used in the patient's home - until the date of discharge. Suppliers also have to transport the items from the facility to the patient's home. DME companies and facilities like the provision because it allows for patients to be fitted and trained with items before they are discharged
You may also be interested in...
Beauty Packaging Producers: July Marks Registration Deadline With PRO In Three States
Companies considered producers of single-use packaging in Oregon, Colorado and California must register with Circular Action Alliance, the leading (and currently only) producer responsibility organization, by 1 July 2024 under new state recycling laws.
Metsera Launches As New Obesity Contender Flush With $290m
Clive Meanwell, former CEO of The Medicines Company, will helm the new company, backed by ARCH and other investors. He talked to Scrip about the new venture.
Deal Watch: AbbVie Teams With MedinCell On Long-Acting Injectables
Collaboration Edition: Including deals involving Evotec/Variant, Sanofi/IGM/Nurix, ABVC/OncoX and Harmony/Bioprojet, along with tech transfer agreements and deals in brief.