Assured Home Nursing Becomes Certified Medicaid Home Help Provider
Medicaid Home Help providers work closely with families to relieve financial strain homecare may cause

BIRMINGHAM, Michigan—Assured Home Nursing (AHN), a provider on at-home senior care based in Birmingham, Michigan, announced it is officially certified as a Medicaid Home Help provider in the state. 

AHN's services include helping Medicaid eligible seniors and people with disabilities with activities of daily living (ADLs) like bathing and dressing, as well as instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) like cooking and managing medications.

CMS Updates DME Authorization Lists
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released updates to three major durable medical equipment reimbursement lists

WASHINGTON—Earlier this week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) updated several lists that cover durable medical equipment (DME) reimbursement authorization. The three lists updated were the required face-to-face and written order prior to delivery list (Required F2F/WOPD), the required prior authorization list and the master list. 

AIROS Medical Updates Compression Device Warranty
The warranty for lymphedema pneumatic compression devices has been expanded to five years

AUDUBON, Pennsylvania—AIROS Medical, a medical technology manufacturer specializing in compression therapy solutions for lymphedema and venous disorders, announced a longer warranty for its line of pneumatic sequential compression devices.

The AIROS 6P and AIROS 8P sequential compression devices now have a five-year warranty. The previous warranty for these devices was three years. All devices sold after Jan. 1, 2026 are subject to the five-year warranty.

MedPAC Considers Cuts to Home Health Payment Rates
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted to approve draft recommendations that would reduce payment rates by 7%

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia—The National Alliance for Care at Home says the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) draft recommendations to cut home health payment rates by 7% for calendar year 2027 and eliminate payment updates for hospice care in fiscal year 2027 are "dangerous and misguided." 

CMS Expands Hospice Oversight to Georgia, Ohio
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it has expanded its Provisional Period of Enhanced Oversight to newly enrolled hospices in Ohio & Georgia

WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it is expanding the provisional period of enhanced oversight (PPEO) for newly enrolled hospices in Ohio and Georgia. This expansion adds to the list of states that have implemented the PPEO including Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas.

Medtronic Expands Access to MiniMed 780G Insulin Pump
Pharmacy access for the MiniMed780G Insulin Pump has been expanded with the goal of enhancing affordability & convenience

MINNEAPOLIS—Medtronic Diabetes announced the expansion of United States pharmacy formulary access for its MiniMed 780G insulin pump, through agreements with major pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and PBM group purchasing organizations (GPOs), including Ascent and Zinc.