Rural relief bill H.R. 4229 notches 98 co-sponsors as Congress heads home, and H.R. 3730, the CRT accessories bill, closes 2018 with 77 signatures.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 21, 2017
Study of Medicare's negative impact on beneficiaries should play a key role in current industry lobbying efforts.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 14, 2017
A State Operational Technical Advisory call discussed tool for comparing Medicare and Medicaid rates and explained reporting process.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 14, 2017
Home Oxygen Company discusses industry challenges with lawmaker and CMS administrator.
- By Joseph Duffy
- Dec 07, 2017
CMS will send letters to state Medicaid Directors, host a special call, and is creating reporting structure to ensure compliance.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 30, 2017
Providers have until Dec. 14 to garner more co-sponsors for the Protecting HOME Access Act, which provides relief for providers in non-bid areas, and addresses the “oxygen double dip.”
- By David Kopf
- Nov 30, 2017
AAHomecare welcomes news, with Ryan saying he hopes Azar will focus on competitive bidding’s ‘flawed regulatory design.’
- By David Kopf
- Nov 14, 2017
AAHomcare calls for “all in” advocacy effort to drive home rural relief, O2 double-dip fix.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 08, 2017
H.R. 4229 would provide relief to non-bid area providers, as well as reform oxygen double dip expected to hit House this week.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 02, 2017
Nascent legislation would remedy not only national bid expansion, but the oxygen ‘double-dip,’ as well.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 12, 2017
Compelling statistics show that patients are having difficulty accessing needed DME suppliers and their case managers and discharge planners share their frustration.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 11, 2017
Advanced highlights from report show that 52 percent of Medicare beneficiaries had trouble accessing HME since July 1, 2016.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 28, 2017
Letter calls on lawmakers to support legislation that would protect manual CRT chair accessories from competitive bid pricing.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 28, 2017
Providers urged to help lobby lawmakers to back letter asking OMB Director to clear Interim Final Rule that would resume blended rates for rural providers.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 21, 2017
The video shows how greatly the number of providers have fallen since 2013, and engages viewers to lobby lawmakers on behalf of DME.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 21, 2017
Updated data collected by association shows increased difficulty in DME access; survey remains open until Sept. 13.
Provider Strategy
What's in store for the HME market from 2017 and beyond.
- By Collin Brecher
- Sep 01, 2017
While patients, stakeholders help push survey beyond its response goals, research effort is still open to more participants.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 24, 2017
AAHomecare reminds providers that the survey doesn’t require individual claims data, but rather cumulative totals on specific audit metrics.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 16, 2017
Providers, case managers, beneficiaries urged to share their experience of how competitive bidding has hurt access to HME.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 10, 2017