CYBRA Corp. has announced that Elite Medical Supply of New York has signed an agreement to deploy CYBRA's EdgeMagic RFID and bar code software at Elite's West Seneca warehouse location.
Elite Medical Supply, a durable medical equipment supplier which was established in 1997, specializes in disorders of the spine. Products stocked include collars and orthotics for lumbar bracing, cervical bracing, and ambulatory traction, as well as electrotherapy, and bone growth stimulation products.
To combat home health fraud, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services recently announced heightened scrutiny of the home health care industry. The CMS initiatives include increased medical review and unannounced site visits of HHA (home health agencies) and HME (home medical equipment) and DME (durable medical equipment) suppliers.
According to Elite Medical Supply's owner Gary Nikiel, "CYBRA's EdgeMagic will give us a robust solution to respond to an unannounced Medicare audit. By using EdgeMagic RFID and bar code software to track our inventory, we will be able to quickly retrieve records and match equipment to patients and HHA and HME providers. By supplying the information at a moment's notice, Elite Medical Supply will always be prepared for a CMS audit."
Chuck Roskow, CYBRA vice president of operations adds, "RFID and bar code are proven technologies that reduce human errors in data collection. When combined with the powerful query and reporting capabilities of our EdgeMagic RFID and bar code software, CYBRA offers HME and DME suppliers a proven, industrial strength solution for Medicare compliance."
According to Laurence Wilson, director of the Chronic Care Policy Group for CMS' Center for Medicare Management, approximately 110,000 DME suppliers serve about 10 million beneficiaries per year. Program payments are close to $13 billion a year and about 2,500 products are provided under the DME benefit.
About EdgeMagic
EdgeMagic RFID and bar code control software is designed to manage RFID and bar code readers and easily integrates with customer applications. EdgeMagic runs on application servers such as IBM WebSphere or Apache Tomcat, and runs on IBM System i (AS/400, iSeries), Linux and Windows servers.
About CYBRA
CYBRA Corporation is a world leader in RFID and bar code technology for IBM midrange systems. CYBRA is represented by a network of value added resellers throughout the United States and has international sales and support offices.
CYBRA's MarkMagic bar code labels, RFID tags and forms software is used by thousands of customers worldwide, and has been selected as the bar code print engine of such leading software developers as Manhattan Associates, Infor and VAI.
CYBRA's latest product, EdgeMagic RFID and bar code software, helps customers comply with a full range of government and industry mandates as well as develop "closed loop" asset tracking applications.
CYBRA Corp. is located at One Executive Boulevard, Yonkers, NY 10701. Product information is available toll free at 1-800-CYBRA-88 or from www.cybra.com. To request information via e-mail, write to:
About Elite Medical Supply
Elite Medical Supply of New York is located at 1900 Ridge Road, West Seneca, NY 14224. Phone: 716-712-0881. Product information is available toll free at 1-866-712-0881 or from elitemedicalsupplyofny.com
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