Let’s Fall in Love

March 23, 2015
LAS VEGAS – Dear Colleague…Let’s fall in love. I’m done hearing about doom and gloom. I don’t want to hear about why it’s broken or what you can’t do. I’ve stopped caring about which side of the aisle anyone sits on, or h

AAHomecare in Action – Progress on Competitive Bidding

March 23, 2015
by Tom Ryan WASHINGTON, DC – Monday’s passage of the Medicare Competitive Bidding Improvement Act (HR 284) by the House of Representatives brings the HME sector closer to securing relief on the competitive bidding issue than I can recall in t

New York Will Not Pursue Competitive Bidding for Medicaid Services

March 16, 2015
ALBANY – The 2/23/2015  edition of Medtrade Monday included coverage of the February 15, 2015 Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) Report on competitive bidding. What the coverage failed to include was any reference to the New York S

AAHomecare in Action – Stand Up for Homecare at Medtrade Spring

March 16, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – The Stand Up for Homecare Reception, scheduled for March 31, from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., South Pacific Room F at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, raises funds for consumer advocacy groups and AAHomecare-sponsored consu

AAHomecare in Action – Binding Bids Legislation

March 2, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – The homecare community took an enormous step towards securing meaningful change in the Medicare competitive bidding program. H.R. 284, the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Improvement Act of 2015 was reported favorably

AAHomecare in Action – Building Unity in HME

February 23, 2015
WASHINGTON, DC – The HME community’s interests are best served when all stakeholders are working around a unified strategy towards a shared goal and ask on Capitol Hill and at CMS. That’s why, as the national association representing the in