WATERLOO, Iowa – The tide may be turning on CMS and its competitive bidding program, industry stakeholders told attendees at The VGM Group’s Heartland Conference last week.
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare and People for Quality Care (PFQC) are partnering to offer a hotline number for Medicare beneficiaries to log complaints about their access to HME, according to a press release.
WASHINGTON – With Round 2 inching closer, HME industry stakeholders last week trekked to Washington, D.C., to talk up competitive bidding’s flaws and the market-pricing program (MPP).
WASHINGTON – Although it’s too soon to gauge how many providers accepted initial contracts for Round 2 of competitive bidding, stakeholders say it’s likely that those who did, did so out of fear.
WASHINGTON – Connecticut came out on top during the Dec. 4 and 5 “Shutdown the Switchboard” event, according to a bulletin from The VGM Group. The event, spearheaded by VGM and NAIMES, urged industry stakeholders to call and tell their representatives to co-sponsor H.R.
There are plenty of factors on the homecare industry’s side to ensure that it is not only here to stay but also to thrive—demography, patient preference, technology development and disease prevalence.
BALTIMORE – With CMS’s announcement last week of the timeline for the Round 1 re-compete, it's likely that recent unpopular changes to the program are here to stay.
WASHINGTON – HME providers beleaguered by an onslaught of audits may take some comfort knowing that there is awareness among lawmakers that something needs to change.
