Strategies for Billing Medicare For DME-From getting DME PTAN # to Full Accreditation
OVERVIEW All practices are facing the fact their professional services reimbursements are shrinking from all insurance companies & especially from Medicare. Patient loads are smaller due to the economy and operating costs are skyrocketing. Everyone needs to look at additional revenue opportunities with their own patient base while they maximize patient clinical outcomes. Practitioners for years have been referring the DME business to O&P shops, manufacturers or 3rd parties because they have been told and believe it is illegal to bill Medicare patients and it is not profitable. It is not if legal but how to do it legally. Learn how to get a DME PTAN license tobill Medicare and how to deal with their legal guidelines to prevent audits. Come to understand how to comply with Federal Guidelines such as the Stark Act & Anti-Kickback Statue. These are your patients so it should be your monies all while you provide great patient convenience and maximize their clinical ou...