The Campaign Starts Now

January 29, 2022
WASHINGTON, DC – The campaign to align Medicare reimbursement rates with the market reality that HME suppliers are facing is ready to kick into high gear—and we need your support to help us get it off to a strong start. Reps. Markwayne Mullin

Rights of a DME Supplier Under a Medicaid Managed Care Plan

January 29, 2022
AMARILLO, TX – This article discusses the federal laws that address the steps a DME supplier can take when it concludes that a Medicaid Managed Care Plan (“MMCP”) is taking steps that violate the contract between the supplier and the MMCP,

First-Time Exhibitor Aims To Show Off Neuromuscular Trainer

January 22, 2022
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

DME Represents 1.35% of Medicare Spending

January 22, 2022
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

Pride Mobility Signs On For Medtrade West

January 22, 2022
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

Products Added to Face-to-Face Encounter and WOPD List and Required Prior Authorization List

January 21, 2022
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