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DME Represents 1.35% of Medicare Spending
January 22, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Health and Human Services released the latest 2020 Medicare expenditures data, reporting that DME accounts for 1.35% ($11.2 billion) of total Medicare spend. In the past ten years, total Medicare spending ro
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Media Campaign Highlights Value Of HME And Need For Market-Based Reimbursements
January 15, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – In April 2021, AAHomecare started work on a sustained earned media campaign focusing on the essential, high-value care that HME provides and underscoring the critical need to support our industry. Over the past nine months, tho
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Access to Intermittent Catheter Urological Products and Services Critical for Improved Health Outcomes
January 8, 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Stakeholders representing health care providers and end users with medical needs developed a white paper to educate payers and state Medicaid programs on the types of intermittent catheter products and services needed to successf
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Cautious Optimism Is Part Of The Job
January 1, 2022
ATLANTA – There is a meme going around that goes like this: “Nobody claim 2022 as ‘your year.’ We’re all going to walk in real slow. Be good. Be quiet. Be cautious and respectful. Don’t touch anything.” Like many show directors across t
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More Details Available On Just-Released DME Rule
January 1, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – As AAHomecare shared last Tuesday, CMS posted the long anticipated DMEPOS Final Rule (CMS-1738-F). The rule puts into regulation the 50/50 blended rates in rural and non-contiguous areas that have been in place since July 20
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Reflections On The Year Gone By
December 24, 2021
LOVELAND, CO – If 2020 was a lost year, 2021 attempted a comeback of sorts that ebbed and flowed in occasionally maddening ways. From the prism of the Medtrade world, we managed to put on two relatively successful shows—Medtrade West in July and