Archive - April 2017

AMARILLO, TX - Assume that ABC Medical Equipment, Inc. is related to XYZ Medical Equipment, Inc. and DEF Medical Equipment, Inc. For example, assume that while the three companies do not have identical stockholders, John Smith and Jack Jones are stockholders of each company. Assume that ABC determines that Medicare paid claims to ABC that should not have been paid. Assume that ABC does not report and repay the overpayment to CMS. Assume that there is no evidence of improper claims submissions

When one death in four in the United States is due to cancer, progress against this terrible disease is important news. Reading through the recently released Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975–2014, I couldn’t help but feel encouraged. The report—jointly issued by NCI, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Cancer Society, and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries—finds continued declines in cancer

You can be sued for employment discrimination by current employees, employee guests, people who applied but weren’t hired and past employees – no matter how their employment with you ended. Are you protected from the cost of an employment discrimination claim that could hurt your business financially, even bankrupt it? Do your employees receive regular training on diversity and cultural competence? Experts advise protecting your business from such claims begins with a two-part strategy:

Delight = Activation of an Unexpected Positive Feeling Marketing researchers identify the feelings of delight as joy, surprise, and high self-esteem. Their research shows when these feelings are tied to a brand, it will improve customer loyalty and increase word-of-mouth advertising. In other words, intentional creation of delight for customers adds to profits. A misconception is that the phenomena of “delight” resides in high-level euphoric states. An unexpected shift in positive

When a Medicare beneficiary transitions to a new supplier, the DME MACs currently do not accept medical documentation from the original supplier. As we all know, this has been a burden on both the beneficiary and the new supplier. Change is about to happen. Effective April 24, 2017, the DME MACs WILL accept medical documentation from the original supplier when a beneficiary transfers to a new supplier.   What Does This Mean for the New Supplier? This means that, when a beneficiary switches

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new targeted therapy, ribociclib (Kisqali®), and expanded its earlier approval of palbociclib (Ibrance®), for the initial treatment of some women with breast cancer. Both drugs are approved in combination with an aromatase inhibitor for the treatment of postmenopausal women with advanced or metastatic breast cancer that is hormone receptor (HR) positive and HER2 negative. In 2015, palbociclib was granted accelerated approval based on

essential Advantage The members-only news magazine, essential Advantage, has mailed! Watch your mailboxes for your copy. If you'd like to view the digital version click below. Q1 Table of Contents: Profession or Industry, Does it Make a Difference? by Jim Lawson Keeping Your Customers Safe - Risk Management Tips for Preventing Customer Injuries in Your Store by Linda Braden Value of Advocacy by Mike McGill Getting the Most from Your Essentially Women Membership by Nikki Jensen Member

The one-size-fits-all approach to early stage breast cancer creates a paradox: Millions of dollars are spent on unnecessary surgeries and radiation to treat women with low-risk 'in situ' lesions, an estimated 85% of which would never progress to invasive cancers. Meanwhile, the standard conservative treatment is insufficient for many early-stage tumors that have progressed past the in situ stage and fails to prevent their spread to distant sites in the body. Now Whitehead Institute researchers

AMARILLO, TX - Let’s be honest. Nobody really likes surprises unless it’s your birthday. And even then, some of us would rather know what to expect. So, when the surprise is an unannounced site visit from the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC), the surprise could cost you your provider transaction access number (PTAN) and a substantial part of your livelihood. But if you are compliant, these surprise visits do not have to distract you from more important things, like taking care of

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 10, 2017 Contact: Debbie Ayres (703) 836-7114, ext. 224 [email protected] ABC 2016 Annual Report Now Available The American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics, Inc. (ABC) 2016 Annual Report is now available on the ABC website. The report summarizes the organization’s successes and provides data on each program area, including statistics on certified individuals and accredited facilities.    The full report is