LAKE FOREST, Calif. - Apria Healthcare plans to repurchase up to $35 million worth of its outstanding common stock during the first two quarters of this year.
WASHINGTON - A non-profit organization that accredits the utilization management programs of managed care companies now has plans to foray into accrediting DSM programs, too.
WASHINGTON - Healthcare spending in the United States is projected to reach $2.8 trillion in 2011, up from $1.3 trillion in 2000, according to a report by the CMS.
WASHINGTON - The OIG, in releasing its final report on average wholesale pricing (AWP) last month, recommended CMS require states to bring pharmacy reimbursement for generic drugs more in line with actual acquisition costs.
One of the biggest disadvantages the HME industry has had in its futile campaigns against reimbursement cuts is providing product data that payers accept as reliable.
ALEXANDIA, Va. - AAHomecare's Re/hab and Assistive Technology Council (RATC) expected to submit its first round of HCPCS descriptors and definitions for rehab products by the first of this month.