WASHINGTON, DC – Last Monday, CMS released the highly anticipated rural zip codes that will get a 10% adjustment to new bidding-derived fees that go into effect nationwide come this January. Following-up on its alert, AAHomecare examined h

WASHINGTON, DC – In his six years with the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare), Jay Witter has meticulously built relationships with members of Congress. Much of that relationship-building has involved educating lawmakers who often knew

WASHINGTON, DC – With CMS’ plans to apply competitive-bidding derived pricing cuts to complex rehab accessories set to go into effect on Jan 1, raising awareness is crucial. In addition to contacting your Congressional representatives to ask

by Tom Ryan WASHINGTON, DC – 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 accessor

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week, CMS released this update on face-to-face exam requirements based on changes in the “Doc Fix” legislation passed in March of this year, which have eliminated the requirement for physicians to document face-to-face

WASHINGTON, DC – 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 m