WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 7, 2018)—The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) has retained Brown & Fortunato, P.C., a Texas-based law firm with a national health care practice, to provide a range of legal and advisory services. Longtime HME advocate Cara Bachenheimer, who is set to join Brown & Fortunato on June 1, will be taking a leading role in this engagement, providing General Counsel support on regulatory, legislative and Association governance fronts.

Superior HealthPlan re-evaluates planned cuts to services.

AUSTIN, Texas (March 6, 2018)—Dozens of medical equipment suppliers in Texas rallied together to successfully prevent proposed reimbursement cuts by Superior HealthPlan. The cuts, which suppliers were notified of in a letter received in early February, would have been substantially lower than Texas state Medicaid, reducing rates for certain product categories from 85 percent of Texas Medicaid to 60 percent, with a few suppliers receiving a reduction to 65 to 70 percent.