Utilizing Telehealth – Heeding the Shift

January 24, 2021
AMARILLO, TX – In the years leading up to the pandemic, health care delivery had been shifting towards telehealth. This made sense because many health care encounters did not need to be face-to-face. A number of ailments can be diagnosed via a

CMS Grants TennCare Flexibility in Serving Medicaid Beneficiaries

January 17, 2021
NASHVILLE – On January 8, the State of Tennessee announced that its “block grant” waiver request for TennCare (the state Medicaid program) was approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) after a year of negotiation. Thi

Valley Medical Supplies Acquired By Copper Star Medical

January 17, 2021
MESA, AZ – Phoenix-based Valley Medical Supplies has been acquired by Copper Star Home Medical Supplies (Mesa, Arizona). With this acquisition, Valley Medical and Copper Star will combine their business models. Current Copper Star president and own

FLSA, FMLA, ADA and Workers’ Compensation: A Primer

January 17, 2021
AMARILLO, TX – These are strange times. I was hoping that 2021 would be calmer. Unfortunately, it has not started out that way. Notwithstanding all of the uncertainties we are facing, there are some absolutes that we can count on: The U.S. popu

New Guy at Big Sky

January 17, 2021
BILLINGS, MT – Eric Ecker, manager at St. Vincent Medical Supply and Mobility, Billings, Montana, never intended to be in the DME business. As a newly minted graduate with a business degree from Montana State University more than two decades ag

President’s Message: Oxygen Budget Neutrality Win a Culmination of Sustained Four-Year Advocacy Effort

January 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC – On Dec. 21, 2020, both the House and Senate passed a COVID-19 relief bill that included provisions addressing a Medicare payment disparity for oxygen products in rural areas – fixing a problem AAHomecare first shared with our