STILLWATER, MN – Medtrade West attendees looking for new products would do well to check out the Vizziq Neuromuscular Trainer. The Stillwater, Minn-based product (and company of the same name) recently received its Food and Drug Administration regi

WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Health and Human Services released the latest 2020 Medicare expenditures data, reporting that DME accounts for 1.35% ($11.2 billion) of total Medicare spend.  In the past ten years, total Medicare spending ro

Illinois Bill to Repeal Breast Pump Sales Tax Introduced SPRINGFIELD, IL – According to AAHomecare, a subgroup of the Breast Pump Policy Coalition has engaged lobbyists in Illinois to assist with repealing the sales tax for breast pumps. Efforts a

WASHINGTON, DC – On January 13, 2022, CMS published the HCPCS codes that will be added to the list of products that require a face-to-face encounter and written order prior to delivery (WOPD) as well as the HCPCS codes added to the list of prod

WASHINGTON, DC – In April 2021, AAHomecare started work on a sustained earned media campaign focusing on the essential, high-value care that HME provides and underscoring the critical need to support our industry. Over the past nine months, tho

AMARILLO, TX – This article discusses the federal laws that address the steps a DME supplier can take when it concludes that a Medicare Advantage Plan (MAP) is taking steps that violate the contract between the supplier and the MAP, or steps th