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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 will help you become familiar with the process of billing for repairs to home medical equipment (HME).

This course addresses the billing and coverage of external breast prosthesis for individuals who have had a mastectomy.

This course will help you become familiar with the documentation, coding, modifiers and billing requirements in order to bill Medicare for ostomy supplies.

This course explains how to bill Medicare for all types of hospital beds and accessories and what documentation is required.

This course explains how to bill Medicare for manual wheelchairs and what documentation is required.

This course introduces positive airway pressure (PAP) devices, and discusses proper billing procedures for reimbursement from Medicare and other third party payers who follow the same criteria.

This course will help you become familiar with the documentation required to bill Medicare for blood glucose monitors and testing supplies.

This course will help you become familiar with the process of billing Medicare for all types of urological supplies.

This course is designed to assist billers and patient service personnel in understanding Medicare oxygen reimbursement.

This course provides an overview of patient billing and collection. The course is written for billing managers and customer service/intake employees.

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.

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

Unique challenges can arise when performing perioperative care for older surgical patients. This course reviews the challenges of performing such care that all members of a patient’s health care team should be aware.

People who are consumers of health care have rights, including the right to receive quality care. Along with those rights come certain responsibilities. This course explains what those rights and responsibilities are as defined in 1997 by the Advisory Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry.

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 provides information that can be used to establish assessment tools and care plans for patients who are at high risk for skin breakdown. This course was written by Mindy Owen, RN, CRRN, CCM, from information provided by MEDIQfst.

This course provides information about tuberculosis (TB) that all health care providers should be aware of. You should complete the course “DMGT018 - Overview of Tuberculosis” before completing this course./span>

Health care personnel will increase their understanding of the safeguards used to protect themselves and others against the health hazards which can result from exposure to blood and certain body fluids containing bloodborne pathogens.

This course reviews common types of skin cleansers, their formulation, ingredients, skin compatibility, pH, and related infection control issues.

In this course, learners will need to look not only at the systemic issues of racism in the health care industry, but also their own biases, prejudices, and influence on patients’ care. Becoming knowledgeable and more comfortable with often uncomfortable truths, acknowledging differences, and understanding the issues that both health care workers and patients face are steps in breaking down historical barriers and broadening one’s perspectives.

Disease management is one approach that aims to provide better care while reducing the costs of caring for the chronically ill. This course was provided by the Center on an Aging Society.

With an advance directive, patients can make known their wishes for future medical care in the event they become unable to make their own decisions about health care. This course provides information about the types of advance directives available.

This course provides information about ergonomics that all health care providers should be aware of.

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.