Check out the article by attorney Knicole Emanuel just posted in Today’s Wound Clinic: Pneumatic Compression Devices Are in the Spotlight for 2024 Audits. Over the last several years, Medicare audits by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have notably increased for durable medical equipment (DME) providers. Pneumatic compression devices (PCDs) are at the forefront of Medicare coverage issues, especially within the last three years.
A Titanic Shift at CMS: The Push to Trim Administrative Costs & Increase Audits – Knicole Emanuel’s Recent Post
Ms. Emanuel likens CMS to the Titanic in terms of how hard it will be to turn such a massive ship. Let’s hope this story will end differently.