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AAHomecare Preps for Medtrade Spring
March 24, 2018
LAS VEGAS – Leadership of the American Association for Homecare will be back once again at Medtrade Spring for AAHomecare’s Washington Update, scheduled for Wednesday, March 28, from 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. in Room South Pacific E at
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Strong Push Needed on House and Senate Appropriations Committees
March 11, 2018
by Tom Ryan, president and CEO, American Association for Homecare WASHINGTON, DC – When CMS announced that they had sent an HME-related Interim Final Rule (IFR) to the Office of Management & Budget in late August of last year, many in the H
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AAHomecare Works With CMS to Fix PECOS Enrollment Issue
March 4, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare has been working for many months with CMS and the Jurisdiction D Council to fix a claims system problem related to physician’s PECOS enrollment. When the requirement was introduced in 2013 that a prescriber orderin
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Critical Period Ahead for Rural Relief Legislation
February 25, 2018
Champions on Capitol Hill remain highly engaged in efforts to roll back bidding-derived Medicare reimbursement cuts in rural/non-bid areas and to address the “double dip” cuts for oxygen in rural areas. With potential omnibus spending legislati
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Action Needed – Ask Your Representative to Support Rural Relief Provisions in Forthcoming Government Funding Legislation
February 24, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) has released a Congressional sign-on letter asking Capitol Hill leaders and key committee chairs/ranking members to include provisions in forthcoming legislation to fund government operations.
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AAHomecare and ATS Detail HME Access Issues for Capitol Hill Staff
February 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC – AAHomecare and the American Thoracic Society held a briefing in the U.S. Capitol building on HME patient access issues attended by more than fifty House and Senate staffers who handle healthcare-related issues. The briefing ce