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CMS Accepting Proposed Rule Comments Until Jan 4
January 2, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare recently submitted comments to the DMEPOS Proposed Rule (CMS-1738-P). In the letter, AAHomecare included the following recommendations: Rates in former CBAs should be based on a 90-10 blended payment formula. The 90
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Hard Won Experience in 2020
December 26, 2020
LOVELAND, CO – None of us will soon forget 2020, a year that started innocently enough, but gradually turned into a sea of human suffering and business pain. Viewed through the specific lens of the trade show industry, it has also been painful. How
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COVID-19 Relief Bill Includes Long-Sought O2 Budget Neutrality Fix and Extends Pause on Sequestration Cuts
December 25, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – A broad COVID-19 relief legislative package finalized by House and Senate leaders today includes provisions to address a Medicare payment disparity for oxygen products in rural areas stemming from the application of outdated bu
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New Year, New Attitude
December 24, 2020
ATLANTA – With three more days to go in 2020 and thousands of Americans receiving the COVID-19 vaccine every day, optimism is running high among Medtrade Monday contributors. We asked 16 familiar pundits to offer their prognostications, opinion
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Proposed Rule: Prior Authorization
December 24, 2020
AMARILLO, TX – On December 2, 2020, CMS issued a proposed rule designed to (i) improve the electronic exchange of health care data among payers, providers, and patients and (ii) lessen the burden of current prior authorization practices. “Pri
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AAHomecare in Action – Payer Relations in Focus
December 18, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare’s payer relations program continued to pay major dividends for HME suppliers nationwide through our work protecting reimbursement rates and maintaining market access for Medicaid programs, MCOs, private insurers, a