Additional HME businesses share impact of cuts with AAHomecare as advocates work to reverse bid expansion to rural, non-bid areas.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 11, 2016
As the July 1 cuts take hold, HME providers convey the impact that cuts are having on their patients and their ability to stay in business.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 04, 2016
Providers urged to participate in the DME Cost Study and 2Q Audit Key survey to bolster industry’s case for bidding, audit reforms.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 04, 2016
Editor's Note
July's setbacks to rural relief legislation were extremely frustrating, but the fight's far from over and there are reasons to feel optimistic.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 01, 2016
Business Solutions
After considerable and concerted lobbying work on the part of providers, industry leadership, Congressional champions and other HME advocates, relief from national expansion cuts for rural providers was stymied not once, but twice. What happened, and how can the industry reapproach advancing some form of rural relief?
- By David Kopf
- Aug 01, 2016
Effort will not only help better benchmark the industry, but provide much-needed data on true impact of competitive bidding.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 28, 2016
Industry’s allies in the upper chamber say they will help push rural relief when Congress returns to the Hill in Sept.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 28, 2016
While Senate hotline looked to put legislation on a fast track to approval, a last-minute hold stalls out rural providers’ reprieve from full bid expansion cuts. Industry considers next steps.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 15, 2016
The Senate has put its version of the recently approved House rural relief bill on ‘hotline,’ which is typically a 24-hour fast track to approval.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 14, 2016
As advocates work with Congressional leadership, providers, patients urged to lobby Senators and Representatives to compromise, advance rural relief to President by July 15.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
Bid limits on items covered by bid program would be based on fee schedule set prior to when bidding prices were set.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
Effort will demonstrate the true cost of providing DMEPOS items to Medicare beneficiaries.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 07, 2016
While House sit-in stalled PADME vote, Representatives approve a delay that would push second round of expansion cuts to Sept. 30.
- By David Kopf
- Jul 06, 2016
Cape Medical Supply says it can’t accept new patients on the island due to bid expansion.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 30, 2016
As July 1’s full rate cuts loom over rural providers, AAHomecare urges for continued grassroots advocacy as it might still secure a retroactive reform.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 30, 2016
Full price reductions show an average reduction of more than 50% off the 2015 fee schedule for impacted categories.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 30, 2016
While Senate voted to approve delay to July 1 bid expansion cuts, the House firearms sit-in unexpectedly stalled action on House companion legislation to protect rural providers.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 23, 2016
Lawmakers vote to approve legislation that will protect rural HME providers and their patients from bid expansion cuts.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 22, 2016
New report shows that the vast majority of wheelchair accessory spending goes to needed supplies for complex rehab patients; industry working to protect funding for those items from bid expansion.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 09, 2016
The House PADME legislation now claims 97 co-sponsors; industry’s 30-day lobbying push continues.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 09, 2016