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  • RATC Takes Issue with DME MACs’ New Wheelchair Repair Limits

    Saying it threatens the quality of beneficiary care and provider well-being, the AAHomecare’s RATC called on the DME MAC medical directors to withdraw a new wheelchair repair policy.
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  • ITEM Letter Asks for Cushion Bid Exemption

    The Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition, a consumer-led group of more than 70 seventy disability, aging, health and provider associations, has asked HHS to take wheelchair seating cushions out of competitive bidding.
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  • Latest HME News

  • Check These Upcoming Deadlines

    A series of important deadlines for home medical equipment providers is coming up fast.
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  • Experts – aahomecare

     
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  • An Ounce of Prevention

    The swine flu scare was a strong reminder for those outside this industry that home care personnel will play a huge role in caring for patients in a flu pandemic.
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  • IFR Clears Way for Round One Do-Over

    The interim final rule for DMEPOS competitive bidding, which requires a rebid of Round One in 2009, went into effect Saturday, April 18.
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  • Be Careful with Supply Refills

    Providers have responsibilities in contacting the patient and providing their needed supplies on a regular basis when providing refills.
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  • Long-Term Solution?

    The oxygen market is fraught with anxiety, but POC makers say the key to long-term prosperity is the non-delivery model.
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  • Bariatric Products

    Bariatric products, including: Gordon Ellis’s bath step Langham K40; 21st Century Scientific’s power wheelchair Bounder Plus H-Frame; and more.
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  • A Private Matter

    As the aging population grows, manufacturers say you can convert incontinence customers to your HME business — and they’ll like buying from you better.
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  • A Necessary Challenge

    Through this effort we will preserve the integrity of oxygen reimbursement by showing that it is more than an equipment-based benefit.
    Read More →: A Necessary Challenge

  • A New Benefit

    Why complex rehab technology should be a separate Medicare benefit.
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