Stakeholders have until close of business on June 18 to secure signatures for House sign-on letter calling on CMS to extend soon-to-expire protections that exempt manual CRT accessories from competitive bidding.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 17, 2021
State’s top court rules the state’s Oklahoma Health Care Authority cannot implement managed care for its Medicaid program.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 10, 2021
A unanimous vote approves legislation that prevents insurers, MCOs and other payers from capping reimbursement for ventilators.
- By David Kopf
- Jun 10, 2021
Analysis from AAHomecare shows a large portion of the bids were for the 13 removed categories and came from first-time bidders.
- By David Kopf
- May 27, 2021
The CARES Act’s reimbursement provisions helped rural suppliers and those in other non-bid areas, but they expired when the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.
- By David Kopf
- May 27, 2021
The Florida event will run Aug. 5-6 in Orlando, and the North Carolina event will be held Aug. 18-19 in Wrightsville Beach.
- By David Kopf
- May 27, 2021
Members of the House will be in districts until June 14, giving HME stakeholders an opportunity to advocate during Representatives’ constituent meetings.
- By David Kopf
- May 27, 2021
Association calls on CRT stakeholders to advocate on behalf of a bill that would expand telehealth access, as well as to complete a survey on examples of telehealth in CRT.
- By David Kopf
- May 27, 2021
The annual meeting for the California HME association will take place on Sept. 8 in Long Beach, Calif.
- By David Kopf
- May 27, 2021
Representatives of the Oregon and Washington association, along with VGM Government Relations, met with staff for Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Ore.).
Legislation preventing insurers, MCOs and other payers from capping reimbursement for ventilators moves to Senate.
Association outlines how HME industry can capitalize on an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ to obtain meaningful reimbursement adjustments.
News Feature
AAHomecare advocacy efforts have resulted in policy and regulatory wins that have driven more than $2 billion back to HME providers’ budgets. How does the association plan to build on those wins?
- By David Kopf
- Apr 29, 2021
PR firm will work with association to generate news coverage and opinion articles conveying the industry’s value on a national and state level.
The public health emergency, as well as the regulatory relaxations associated with it, will continue for another 90 days.
The legislative efforts seek to protect state reimbursement rates and patient access for HME by blocking moves to privatize state Medicaid programs.
The moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequestration reimbursement cut now lasts until Dec. 31.
Observation Deck
Physician self-referral law and the federal anti-kickback statute have seen modifications in the move to value-based care.
- By Jeffrey S. Baird
- Apr 01, 2021
While the extended moratorium on the 2% cuts officially ends April 1, CMS will continue holding off on applying them while Congress finishes related legislative action.
The well-known HME advocate developed a deep level of expertise in healthcare policy that he applied to the industry association’s efforts.