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WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 18, 2015)—In June, CMS announced its intention to make changes to the HCPCS codes for ventilators, including dramatically lowering the payment rate—by 35 percent—for these devices/therapies, starting on January 1, 2016.
ATLANTA (October 28, 2015)—American Association for Homecare members will receive discounted pricing on DMEPOS surety bonds and liability insurance from VGM Insurance tailored to the home medical equipment business, according to an agreement announced today at Medtrade.
ATLANTA (October 27, 2015)—This year’s annual Homecare Champion Award went to brothers Joey Tart and Billy Tart, co-founders of Family Medical Supply Inc, a home oxygen and home medical equipment company with 17 locations throughout central and eastern North Carolina.
ATLANTA (October 21, 2015)—This year’s annual Homecare Champion Award will go to brothers Joey Tart and Billy Tart, co-founders of Family Medical Supply, Inc., a home oxygen and home medical equipment company with 17 locations throughout central and eastern North Carolina.
AAHomecare is proud to announce a win for rehab suppliers on preserving miscellaneous codes!
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 6, 2015)—The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a preliminary list of what they consider rural zip codes. The rural areas in these ZIP codes will receive a ten percent add-on when competitive bidding rates go into effect nationwide on January 1, 2016.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 30, 2015)—The “golden commode” era is part of HME’s distant past, but leadership in the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) may well be entering a golden age. Call it a critical mass of knowledge, experience, and the right mix of optimism and realism.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 30, 2015)—Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) continues to seek co-sponsors for H.R. 3229, legislation to protect access to complex rehab wheelchair accessories by preventing the application of prices derived from the Medicare competitive bidding program. Currently, the co-sponsor tally stands at 18.
From Tom Ryan with AAHomecare:
There are just 99 days left on the calendar until January 1, 2016. On that day, CMS plans to unleash a double whammy on HME providers and patients through competitive-bidding derived rates for Complex Rehab accessories, as well as expanding the reach of prices from the bidding program to rural providers everywhere. Welcome to the brave new world of competitive bidding pricing, without actual bidding for the items covered!
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 9, 2015)—The past month has been a full court press by the HME industry to get face-to-face meetings with members of Congress and their staffers while they were at home during the August recess. If you had the chance to meet with your members while they were in the home office, now is the time to follow up and continue making your case in the fight against CMS’ planned 2016 rate cuts for non-bid areas.
WASHINGTON (March 16, 2015)— From AAHomecare: The U.S. House of Representatives has voted on and passed H.R. 284, legislation to ban non-binding bids and require proof of licensure for Medicare contract auctions. "This is by no means mission accomplished," said Jay Witter, senior vice president of public policy for AAHomecare.