River Falls WI — Freeman Drug of River Falls WI and Micklesen Drug of Hudson WI received CMS accreditation by the Accreditation Commission for Healthcare (ACHC) for their operations involved in the sale and servicing of durable medical equipment (DME).
New Federal regulations require DME providers, many of whom are also pharmacies, to achieve third-party accreditation to standards published by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in order to continue to bill Medicare.
Oxebridge launched its CMS Accreditation Preparation services program in 2007, and has since helped over a dozen companies throughout the country meet the accreditation requirements. Oxebridge runs a separate website — www.cmsaccreditation.com — for these services. Whereas typical competing consultants charge from $10,000 to $20,000 for consulting services, Oxebridge’s offsite option runs at about $3,000 and can ready the DME company for third party auditing by ACHC in only a few months.
The Freeman and Micklesen pharmacies teamed up in a combined effort, allowing Oxebridge to implement both systems simultaneously, further saving the companies money.
Both pharmacies offer DME products such as walkers, wheelchairs, commodes, diabetic shoes and other home health products.
For more information on Oxebridge’s CMS accreditation services, visit www.cmsaccreditation.com.
For information on ACHC’s accreditation program, visit www.ACHC.org.
For information on Freeman Drug, contact the company at (715) 425-2255. Micklesen Drug may be contacted at (715)386-3344.
(NOTE: Oxebridge has no formal or financial relationship with ACHC or any accreditation body.)
Christopher Paris is the founder and VP Operations of Oxebridge. He has over 35 years’ experience implementing ISO 9001 and AS9100 systems, and helps establish certification and accreditation bodies with the ISO 17000 series. He is a vocal advocate for the development and use of standards from the point of view of actual users. He is the writer and artist of THE AUDITOR comic strip, and is currently writing the DR. CUBA pulp novel series. Visit www.drcuba.world
