American Association for Homecare

Excise Tax Avoided
Are you prepared for a 2.3 percent government surcharge that will be applied to many home medical equipment products? Thanks in large part to the American Association of Homecare, you don’t have to worry. Because of concerted efforts by AAHomecare and several manufacturers in the home-care... Read more >
New hire at AAHomecare
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2013—The American Association for Homecare is pleased to announce that Rachel Prager has joined its government relations team as manager of regulatory affairs. She will be working on a range of Medicare regulatory and audit issues on behalf of AAHomecare members... Read more >
Medicare spending on HME/DME shrinking
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2013—The new National Health Expenditures data released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shows that durable medical equipment has continued to shrink as a proportion of total Medicare spending, according to the American Association for... Read more >
Science News examines Medicare bidding program
WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 10, 2013—The Jan. 7 issue of Science News attacks the mathematical underpinnings of Medicare’s competitive bidding program. According to the American Association for Homecare, the article by Julie Rehmeyer states that “Medicare could waste billions of... Read more >
AAHomecare announces 2012 Homecare Champion Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 10, 2012—The American Association for Homecare announces that it will give its annual Homecare Champion Award to Alan Landauer, chairman of Landauer Metropolitan, Inc., and to Van G. Miller, founder and president of the VGM Group. The award recognizes AAHomecare... Read more >
AAHomecare makes recommendations to improve anti-fraud system
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2012—In a letter to the Senate Finance Committee, the American Association for Homecare recommended that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) refocus its strategy for fighting fraud. In the letter, AAHomecare called Medicare’s fraud-fighting... Read more >
AAHomecare pushes for documentation relief
WASHINGTON, June 8, 2012—The American Association for Homecare is bringing attention to a report by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) suggesting that Medicare is denying far too many DMEPOS claims because of technical problems with documentation... Read more >
Caltech study concludes competitive bidding is badly flawed
PASADENA, Calif., June 1, 2012—Auction experts at the prestigious California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have published an academic paper concluding that Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program is based upon a flawed design that will be difficult to fix. In a paper published... Read more >
CMS begins taking comments for PMD demonstration project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) last Tuesday published in the Federal Register a request for comments on the power mobility devices prior authorization demonstration project. The 30-day public comment period is open through June 28. The American Association for Homecare... Read more >
AAHomecare announces support for Medical Gases Safety Act
The American Association for Homecare last week announced support for the Medical Gases Safety Act, a measure that would improve the regulation of medical gases by allowing the FDA to establish rules outside the New Drug Application (NDA) process. The act is included in the Food and Drug... Read more >
Congress Cracks Down on Fraud
The durable medical equipment sector has zero tolerance for illegal activity. This is why the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) proposed an aggressive, comprehensive 13-point anti-fraud plan to Congress. Much of that plan has been adopted by Medicare or incorporated into legislation,... Read more >
CMS developing template to assist in medical documentation for PMD project
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced last week that it is developing an electronic clinical template to assist physicians when documenting the power mobility device face-to-face encounter for Medicare, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) reported.... Read more >
Julie Driver joins AAHomecare marketing and communications staff
Julie Driver has joined the American Association for Homecare staff as senior manager of marketing and communications. She brings 10 years of experience in the private, government and academic sectors. She recently served as program manager of the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program at the Peace... Read more >
AAHomecare urges providers to push for Market Pricing Program
The American Association for Homecare last week urged providers to continue to push for the Market Pricing Program (MPP). “Make sure your members of Congress are aware of the dangerous problems created by the competitive bidding program,’’ the association said in a release.... Read more >
Second Chance for MPP
Grab it with both hands. That’s what you do when you’re offered a second chance. Right now, we have a second chance to convince Congress to enact the Market Pricing Program (MPP) as a replacement for the current competitive bidding model. But it requires immediate action. Our... Read more >