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2 Feb 2024, 1:11 pm by Kailey Monsivais
Attorney for the District of South Carolina announced that Durable Medical Equipment (DME) companies Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., Hill-Rom Company, Inc., Hill-Rom Services, Inc., and Advanced Respiratory Inc. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 9:00 am
NOTE: The term Digital Multimedia Evidence (DME) used in this document refers specifically to multimedia evidence in a digital form. [read post]
26 Jun 2009, 9:01 am by afehn
-         Fiscal year 2010: DME Medical Necessity Reviews - complex review. [read post]
11 Jan 2016, 3:00 am by Debra A. McCurdy
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule to require Medicare prior authorization (PA) for certain durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) items that the agency characterizes as “frequently subject to unnecessary utilization. [read post]
8 Sep 2023, 8:41 am by Kelly Shivery
Lincare, a durable medical equipment (“DME”) provider, will pay $29 million to settle a False Claims Act case filed in 2021. [read post]
8 Apr 2014, 2:51 pm by Debra A. McCurdy
The total number of DME suppliers and Medicare allowed charges decreased more in CBAs than in the comparator areas. [read post]
30 Mar 2010, 1:09 pm
If the allegations were proven true, competition would have been injured because the competing DME vendors no longer had access to the patients who needed DME. [read post]
15 Oct 2009, 1:22 pm by Glenn Neiman
Similar to an Independent Medical Examination (IME, more practically known as a Defense Medical Examination, DME), a physician conducting an IRE will examine the injured worker. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 11:57 am by Debra A. McCurdy
On April 17, 2012, CMS announced that it is recompeting Round One Medicare DME, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding contracts in nine geographic areas, as it is required by statute to do at least every three years. [read post]
25 Apr 2009, 1:20 pm
., decided 4/21/2009) Plaintiff no-fault DME provider brought this class action against Allstate for paying less that 150% of plaintiff's "documented costs" for durable medical equipment and supplies. [read post]
9 May 2017, 10:13 am by Green and Associates
., doing business as Pacific Pulmonary Services,  a DME based in California, has agreed to pay $11.4 million to resolve allegations against it and its general partner, Teijin Pharma USA LLC, to resolve a False Claims Act (qui tam) lawsuit filed in federal court in San Francisco. [read post]
7 Feb 2018, 7:27 am
Covered DME supplies will be folded into the competitive bidding process. [read post]
15 Aug 2011, 3:41 pm
This enabled DME suppliers to charge more for their products and nursing homes to purchase less expensive DME. [read post]
23 Jan 2010, 7:50 am by Robert David Malove
Rhonda Fleming was sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in a DME scheme, she was the alleged owner of three DME companies and a billing company that submitted the claims, totaling $36 million. [read post]
6 Jan 2017, 5:57 am by Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Glassman
  While it is true  the company makes these products, the firm’s real profits come from the fact that it is a major pharmaceutical manufacturer as well as major maker of medical devices and durable medical equipment (DME), such as artificial hips and knee implants. [read post]
30 May 2008, 8:24 am
Vitale, PA presented a novel issue in health care fraud during a 5-day sentencing proceeding against Rodolpho Ramirez, a DME operator sentenced by US District Judge Adalberto Jordan (S.D.Fl.) to 24-months imprisonment for making fraudulent claims to Medicare and paying kickbacks to a local physician. [read post]