University of California Health System urges CMS to re-evaluate program’s impact, claiming it has seen significant problems obtaining DME.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 15, 2016
Call focused at news media included various HME providers who detailed impact of bid expansion’s impact on their businesses.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 15, 2016
DMEPOS providers must use revised enrollment application starting Jan. 1, 2017; fee schedule changes impact 66 codes.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 08, 2016
VGM Government Relations calls on hospitals to help protect patient access to DME as September legislative efforts intensify.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 08, 2016
Association president and CEO makes case for reforming competitive bidding, follows up with SIRIUS/XM appearance.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 08, 2016
As HME advocates work to reform competitive bidding expansion, AAHomecare urges providers to assist those efforts
- By David Kopf
- Sep 08, 2016
As it releases Round One 2017 SPAs and sends out contract offers, agency claims the program is maintaining access and care quality, while saving significant sums.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 08, 2016
Providers serving TRICARE patients are now feeling the effect of CMS’s July 1 implementation of the full bid expansion cuts; patient access hangs in the balance.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 01, 2016
News media covering providers’ stories regarding impact of national bid expansion, raising issue’s profile on Capitol Hill.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 01, 2016
Rep. Zeldin (R-NY), other speakers tout H.R.3229 at press conference held at The Children's Center at United Cerebral Palsy of Long Island.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 01, 2016
With a small legislative window opening next month, Association urges HME professionals to contact their lawmakers to make strong case for rural/non-bid relief.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 25, 2016
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
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
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
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