title: ME changes: effects on patient care delivery.
abstract: The Health Care Financing Administration consolidated Durable Medical Equipment (DME) processing into four regional DME carriers for Medicare. These four DMERCs Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) will process claims more accurately, reduce variations in coverage decisions, and decrease the opportunities for fraud. Taken in its entirety, the DME regionalization process is a major step toward achieving nationally consistent expectations for quality of care.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Tallon
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D004389:Durable Medical Equipment / Q000639:trends*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000639:trends; D007343:Insurance Carriers; D006278:Medicare / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States