PMID- 8159344
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19940519
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0744-6314 (Print)
IS  - 0744-6314 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 4
DP  - 1994 Apr
TI  - ME changes: effects on patient care delivery.
PG  - 47-8
AB  - 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.
FAU - Tallon, R W
AU  - Tallon RW
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Nurs Manage
JT  - Nursing management
JID - 8219243
MH  - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.
MH  - Delivery of Health Care/*trends
MH  - Durable Medical Equipment/*trends
MH  - Health Policy/trends
MH  - Insurance Carriers
MH  - Medicare/trends
MH  - United States
EDAT- 1994/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1994/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1994/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1994/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1994/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1994/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nurs Manage. 1994 Apr;25(4):47-8.