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Industry Support Sought for Congressional Sign-on Letter on HME Policy Priorities
May 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-Wash) [pictured] released a Congressional sign-on letter to HHS Secretary Tom Price and CMS Administrator Seema Verma today asking them to use their authority to make significant changes to HME pol
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Clinician Video Highlights Problems with Competitive Bidding
May 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the power of a video. For years, clinicians and case managers have struggled to coordinate care for their Medicare patients who require home medical equipment, services, and suppl
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No More Excuses
May 15, 2017
GOOSE CREEK, SC – I recently turned 90 years old, and people have asked me: What do you think of Tom Price, the new secretary of Health and Human Services? Well, over the years, I’ve watched people come into many different places and jobs. Wh
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AAHomecare Meets with CMS General Counsel
May 15, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare continues to press the case for longer-term relief for rural and non-bid area providers as well as for significant structural improvements to the Competitive Bidding Program with Federal regulators. Last week, AAHome
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Rate Recalculation Deemed a Slap in the Face
May 8, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – As AAHomecare announced last week, CMS posted the new rates for rural/non-bid areas that are retroactively effective for July 1-Dec. 31, 2016, as mandated by the Cures Bill. AAHomecare has developed an analysis of the top 25 HC
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More than 40% of HME Suppliers Have Left Medicare Since July 2013
May 1, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – According to research AAHomecare had been performing using Medicare data, the number of traditional suppliers of home medical equipment to Medicare beneficiaries has dropped 40.9% since July 2013. In addition, the number of uni