Providers get reprieve from deep cuts in Indiana
By HME News Staff
Updated Thu October 3, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS - HME stakeholders have persuaded Indiana Medicaid officials to hold off on deep reimbursement cuts for 2,000 HCPCS codes that were scheduled to go into effect Oct. 1. The proposed cuts, first announced in early September, would have cut rates to match the lowest Medicare allowable. On Sept. 27, however, officials from the state's Family and Social Services Administration notified Kam Yuricich, executive director of the Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association, that the agency would not implement the cuts, pending further review. “This was a full team effort from the day the announcement was made to when I received the positive call from the Indiana Medicaid Director,” said Yuricich. “We are very grateful for the delay and look forward to working collaboratively with the agency to address our concerns.” Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association, along with AAHomecare, VGM and NCART, mobilized efforts to push back on the cuts. Their actions included requesting the CMS regional office delay approving the state's plan; exploring a public relations campaign with media outlets; meeting with FSSA's provider relations staff; and repeatedly reaching out and requesting meetings with to the agency's director and assistant director.
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