High impact information on Durable Medical Equipment

• MEASUREMENTS: Average total cost to Medicare in 1994, measured as the actual amount Medicare paid for inpatient, outpatient, home health, skilled nursing facility, hospice, and Part B services, including payments to physicians, and other items such as durable medical equipment [1].
• CMS has recently launched a series of initiatives to control Medicare spending on durable medical equipment (DME) and prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) [2].
• The article describes an effective collaborative approach used to develop a comprehensive durable medical equipment/home oxygen (DME/home O2) program at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DVAMC), now called the Veterans Health Administration Medical Center, in East Orange, NJ [3].
• Methods to generate new revenue including implementation of a home parenteral therapy program, a home enteral therapy program, a durable medical equipment service, and home care disposable sales are described [4].

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