HCFA's Reservations About Medical Equipment Bar Coding Criticized By GAO
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Use of universal product numbers (UPNs) to improve billing practices for the $4.6 bil. Medicare spends each year on durable medical equipment is being considered by the Health Care Financing Administration, according to agency comments to a General Accounting Office study of Medicare billing undertaken for the Senate Aging Committee. HCFA's comments are incorporated in a final GAO report released May 12.
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