Guest guest Posted December 29, 2006 Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 Happy New Year Greetings to Everyone - My question is in regards to consignment of DME in an acute care setting. We have walkers, crutches, etc. available to vend to patients at the time of discharge from our organizaton's DME company. The company that supplies these items has become increasingly demanding on what they would like us to do from a paperwork perspective to the point that they are now asking us to obtain the ordering physician signature on the paperwork. I find this to be inappropriate to use the resources of a not-for-profit entity to improve the bottom line of the for-profit entity ( acute therapy does the work, the DME gets the profit). While I realize we (the hospital and the DME company) are all on the same " team " I am hoping there may be other alternatives out there that we have not considered that will maintain the customer service of having equipment in the patient's room before they are discharged, but without it falling on the shoulders of rehab staff. I look forward to your responses. May God Bless You in 2007, Vinson, PT, MPA Rehab Manager Ingham Regional Medical Center Lansing, Michigan ----------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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