Time for Medtrade Spring  

March 25, 2018
LAS VEGAS – Only one more day to go until Medtrade Spring, the desert version of the nation’s premiere HME-focused trade show. I’ve been at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center for the past couple of days in preparation, and the pallets are rolli

AAHomecare Preps for Medtrade Spring

March 24, 2018
LAS VEGAS – Leadership of the American Association for Homecare will be back once again at Medtrade Spring for AAHomecare’s Washington Update, scheduled for Wednesday, March 28, from 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. in Room South Pacific E at

Strong Push Needed on House and Senate Appropriations Committees

March 11, 2018
by Tom Ryan, president and CEO, American Association for Homecare WASHINGTON, DC – When CMS announced that they had sent an HME-related Interim Final Rule (IFR) to the Office of Management & Budget in late August of last year, many in the H

AAHomecare Works With CMS to Fix PECOS Enrollment Issue

March 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare has been working for many months with CMS and the Jurisdiction D Council to fix a claims system problem related to physician’s PECOS enrollment. When the requirement was introduced in 2013 that a prescriber orderin

Critical Period Ahead for Rural Relief Legislation

February 25, 2018
Champions on Capitol Hill remain highly engaged in efforts to roll back bidding-derived Medicare reimbursement cuts in rural/non-bid areas and to address the “double dip” cuts for oxygen in rural areas.  With potential omnibus spending legislati

Action Needed – Ask Your Representative to Support Rural Relief Provisions in Forthcoming Government Funding Legislation

February 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) has released a Congressional sign-on letter asking Capitol Hill leaders and key committee chairs/ranking members to include provisions in forthcoming legislation to fund government operations.