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CMS Simplifies Pessary Reimbursement Procedures. (No DMERC Number Needed).
WASHINGTON - Getting reimbursed for providing pessaries to Medicare patients is about to get easier.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has announced that, beginning Jan. 1, 2002, physicians can get reimbursed for pessaries through their local Medicare carrier. CMS' action came in response to physician concerns that the current processes were too cumbersome for doctors and patients.
Under current law, providers who wish to dispense pessaries in their offices must first obtain a supplier number-otherwise known as a Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier (DMERC) number. To get a number, physicians first must complete a several-page form. Once the DMERC number is issued, physicians are reimbursed through their regional DME ...
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- Magazine article from: OB GYN News FRIEDEN, JOYCE August 1, 2001 700+ words
...must send in to the pessary manufacturer or...reimbursed for the pessary. In response to...having to obtain a DMERC number for the sole purpose of dispensing pessaries, the CMS is considering...Medicare carrier for pessary reimbursement just...
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- Reference information from: The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia October 1, 1996 700+ words
...pessary Smith-Hodge pessary stem pessary /pes'ur/, a device placed...become better able to tolerate the pessary. Pessaries are also used in younger women...bending the uterus forward with the pessary in place and if it returns after...
- The silicone ring pessary called most useful for majority of women with vaginal...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Kirn, Timothy F. October 1, 2004 700+ words
...any companies that market pessaries. When a patient needs a pessary, Dr. Nager said he almost...inadvertently overinflate this pessary. These pessaries have popped, and caused injuries. * The cube. This pessary will stay in place when...
- Vaginal pessary.
- Clinical Reference Systems Angello, Tony January 1, 2006 700+ words
...walls of the vagina. A pessary may be made of plastic...other shapes. Some pessaries are inflatable and may...used for? A vaginal pessary is a nonsurgical way...can pessaries cause? Pessaries can cause: * irritation...usually women who need a pessary have gone through menopause...
- Patient selection, patience key to pessary success.(Women's Health)
- Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News Bates, Betsy September 1, 2006 700+ words
...switched to the other pessary design for 3 months...discontinue using either pessary at any time. Only 62...scores on both types of pessaries and of those, just...Refusal to wear a pessary for 3 months was significantly...subjects who wore the pessaries but were dissatisfied...
- Patience and patients both key in pessary success.(Gynecology)(clinical trials)
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News Bates, Betsy June 1, 2006 700+ words
...discontinue the use of either pessary at any time. Indeed...scores on both types of pessaries and of those, just...Refusal to wear a pessary for 3 months was significantly...subjects who wore the pessaries but were dissatisfied...patients who wore either pessary for 3 months experienced...
- Patient selection, patience key to pessary success.(Women's Health)(Clinical...
- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Bates, Betsy August 1, 2006 700+ words
...discontinue the use of either pessary at any time. Indeed...scores on both types of pessaries and of those, just...Refusal to wear a pessary for 3 months was significantly...subjects who wore the pessaries but were dissatisfied...patients who wore either pessary for 3 months experienced...
- Age, comorbidity predict use of pessaries beyond 1 year: pelvic organ...
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News McNamara, Damian December 1, 2003 700+ words
...prolapse, and the ability to change one's pessary. Limitations of the study include its...attendee raised a possible bias about pessaries as a first-line option for prolapse...strongly suggesting these 100 women try a pessary."
Source: HighBeam Research, CMS Simplifies Pessary Reimbursement Procedures. (No DMERC Number...