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Merits USA Partners With Disability Advocate; Medicare Supplier Data Shows Small Decrease
March 28, 2021
FORT MYERS, FL – Merits USA and its sister brands Avid Rehab, Precision Comfort, and Pilot have partnered with disability advocate Chelsea Bear for a giveaway in honor of Cerebral Palsy (CP) Awareness Month. Entrants have a chance of winning a
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Budget Neutrality Latest Example of “Bottom Line” Advocacy
March 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – With the addition of the $65 million increase annually that the oxygen budget neutrality win will begin to deliver starting April 1, policy outcomes related to advocacy work at both the Federal and state level are directly resp
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Win on O2 Rates Will Bolster Rates for Years to Come
March 28, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – As we first shared last week, CMS has published a new DMEPOS fee schedule for oxygen that reflects a long-sought fix for outdated budget neutrality provisions that was finally secured in December 2020 COVID-19 relief legislatio
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State Association News – NEMEP, MAMES, and More
March 20, 2021
NEMEP (Northeast Medical Equipment Providers Association) The NEMEP Virtual Conference and Trade Show is scheduled to start tomorrow (March 23, 2021). Click Here for more information about the show or contact Beth Bowen, executive director of ACMESA,
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AAHomecare in Action – AAHomecare and NEMEP Push for Medicaid Rate Stability in New York
March 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare is working with the Northeast Medical Equipment Providers Association (NEMEP) to support new legislation requiring Medicaid MCOs in New York to reimburse DME providers at no less than 100% of the state’s published
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Healthcare Stakeholders Turn Up the Heat on Medicare Sequester Legislation as Deadline Approaches
March 13, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – With the moratorium on the 2% Medicare sequester cuts currently set to expire on March 31, AAHomecare and our healthcare sector coalition partners have redoubled efforts to engage legislators in support of extending the pause o