tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 9

PHYSICIANS: Ordering DME Becomes Easier - But More Fraught With Danger

Why doctors need to know who has control over the office's certificate stampCMS has decided to reduce unnecessary hassles for providers who report DME, but increased billing scrutiny may piggyback on this new development.  The improvement: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed some important steps recently to allow physicians to more easily order durable medical equipment without jumping through multiple hoops. The certificate for ordering home oxygen now may need only a rubber stamp instead of a signature, and other certificates could disappear altogether. The drawback: Physicians may find these improvements come with more inconvenience...

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