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This course provides explanation of the current standards that a durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) supplier must meet to receive and maintain a Medicare Supplier Number and to submit claims to and receive payment from Medicare.

This course explains the structural and procedural changes that have been made to the process that Medicare beneficiaries can use to appeal claim denial and the steps that need to be followed in the appeals process.

This course offers an introduction to the Medicare program and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

This course covers basic home care equipment as a guide to the new HME employee.

This course covers basic home care equipment as a guide to the new HME employee.

The Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage (ADMC) is a process by which your local Medicare carrier will provide you and the beneficiary with a coverage decision prior to delivery of an item. This course describes the ADMC process.

This course highlights Medicare documentation requirements prior to claims submission. It is important to understand which type of order is required prior to delivery: Preliminary/Dispensing Order (can be verbal or written) or Standard Written Order Prior to Delivery.

This course will discuss current electric hospital bed standards and current regulatory processes in the United States. The course also provides a guide for selecting bariatric hospital beds and implications for future research.

This course provides the information you need to develop a Disaster Preparedness Plan for your HME business.

This course will guide you through the information required prior to submitting a claim and the correct ways to submit a claim. You will also learn the different types of claims.

An emergency action plan (EAP) is a written document required by particular OSHA standards. The purpose of an EAP is to facilitate and organize employer and employee actions during workplace emergencies. If you are required to have an EAP, this course will guide you through the development of an EAP.

This course addresses the issues surrounding a home medical equipment company's warehouse. Of primary concern is the proper management of cleanliness, temperature and humidity, pests, security, inventory, equipment processing and employee safety.

VGMU Online Learning offers a VGMU Accreditation Course Bundle* of 17 courses for annual HME accreditation requirements under the following topics:

- Business management
- Disease management 
- HIPAA
- Human resources - Infection control 
- Safety 

VGM Education is authorized by IACET to offer CEUs for each course in this bundle. IACET provides a standard framework for quality learning and development through accreditation.
For a full list of courses offered in this bundle, click the link.   

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This course provides health care providers with an overview of infection control measures including standard precautions, transmission-based (isolation) precautions, handwashing, personal protective equipment, sterilization, and disinfection.

This course will address Medicare coverage for several frequently ordered durable medical equipment products. This course will also explain the process of billing Medicare for capped rental items and inexpensive and routinely purchased items.

This course explains how to bill Medicare for power wheelchairs and scooters (POVs), collectively referred to as power mobility devices (PMDs), and what documentation is required.

This course introduces the biller to the intake process. It offers suggestions to help make the process more efficient and effective to reduce delays and denials.

This course introduces the various types of orders required by Medicare: Preliminary/Dispensing Order, Written Order Prior to Delivery (WOPD), Standard Written Order (SWO), Certificate of Medical Necessity (CMN), and DME MAC Information Form (DIF). You will learn when to use which type of order, how to correctly complete orders, and who is authorized to order durable medical equipment.

By taking this course, you will learn to identify human trafficking, understand the duties of mandatory reporters, and know to how to resource and support survivors.

This course addresses those TSA guidelines and provides you, the home medical equipment supplier, with information that you can in turn provide to your supplemental oxygen customers.

This course provides a guide for cleaning and disinfecting many home medical products as well as the principles behind a variety of cleaning and disinfection procedures.

This course provides an introductory overview of OSHA.

This course addresses TSA guidelines and provides you, the home medical equipment supplier, with information that you can in turn provide to your traveling customers.

This course will address Medicare coverage for nebulizer equipment and supplies.

This course explains how to bill Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) for all types of pressure-reducing support surfaces and provide the documentation necessary to submit a clean claim. Before taking this course, you should complete the courses: BILL100 – Introduction to CMS and Medicare, BILL105 – Frequently Ordered DME, and BILL106 – Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN).