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Streamlined Order Process a Positive Development
January 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – As AAHomecare noted last week, CMS has streamlined DMEPOS Medicare order requirements, replacing multiple order types with a Standard Written Order. The new guidance offers these benefits: fewer elements will be required on all
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It’s Time to Turn Up the Pressure
January 12, 2020
WASHINGTON, DC – The clock is ticking. We’re likely to see one more round of regulations governing CB Round 2021 this Summer as well as the release of rates produced from last year’s bids. With those pending mileposts in mind, as well as Pr
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Survive, Improvise, Collaborate, and Prevail
January 4, 2020
SANDWICH, MA – “In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin Darwin has a host of quotes that are fascinating when read in th
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People, Patients, and Reflections
December 29, 2019
LOVELAND, CO – In preparing this month’s end-of-year Medtrade Monday, I reflected less on the events of the past year, and more on the people. After all, we call it the home medical equipment industry, but the “industry” is only as good as it
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Additional Details on 2020 Medicare Rates
December 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – As AAHomecare noted last week, CMS has published the CY 2020 Medicare DMEPOS Fee Schedule. Per the MLN Matters article on the fee schedule update, we see the following changes with the reimbursement rates: Former CB Areas Oxy
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Year-End Legislation Protects Access to Complex Rehab Manual Wheelchairs
December 22, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC – Late this past Friday the President signed into law H.R. 1865, one of the year-end spending bills passed in the House and Senate last week. The signing is important for complex rehab technology (CRT) because it includes permane