WASHINGTON, DC – For those of us who work with Medicare beneficiaries on a daily basis, there is no doubt that timely access to quality medical equipment has been compromised by the competitive bidding program that was suspended, in its broken

WASHINGTON, DC – On Dec. 27, 2017, CMS released guidance related to 2016 CURES bill provisions that mandated that federal Medicaid reimbursement to states for HME could not exceed what Medicare would have allowed for these items, in aggregate,

EAST AMHERST, NY – As reported last month, the advocacy work of the Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) Community resulted in significant protections for access to CRT manual wheelchairs being included in year-end legislation H.R. 7217 (“Improve A

PATCHOGUE, NY – Oh ya, I know you want me. You think about me all the time. The question is, am I your fantasy or do you have the courage to take me and make me yours? Can you really handle me? If you are thinking Mike Sperduti is what I’m t

WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare has submitted comments for CMS’ request for feedback on including ventilators and braces to the DMEPOS competitive bidding program. AAHomecare’s comments focused on CMS’ interest to include ventilators (E0465,

LOVELAND, CO – The 9th year of Medtrade Monday has seen its share of good news, occasionally bad news, and everything in between. As an electronic publication that seeks to chronicle the ups and downs of the HME industry, it also (not surprisingly)