USMCA, Medtrade partner on compression session
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:30 AM CST, Mon March 4, 2024
DALLAS – The United States Medical Compression Alliance (USMCA) is working with Medtrade to offer additional information about the Lymphedema Treatment Act and what it means for the HME industry. The USMCA, which represents the five major manufacturers in the compression market (medi USA, Essity, Juzo, Lohmann & Rauscher and Sigvaris), will host a session at the show to provide the history and ongoing efforts to gain Medicare coverage for compression therapy garments, to detail the billing intricacies of recent changes to coverage and more. While the passage of the LTA is welcome news, Heather Ferguson, founder of the Lymphedema Advocacy Group, points out the legislation has certain limitations. “Many people assumed that the LTA would do additional things such as improve coverage for surgeries, pumps and other lymphedema-related treatment items or services,” she said. “These things were not and could not be included in the legislation, because benefit categories for those services and supplies already exist, so any modifications to coverage would need to be undertaken through regulatory action.” Speakers for the session will include Carmen Anderson, USMCA representative; Sarah M. Bramblette, MSHL, Lymphedema Advocacy Group; Bill Lobosco, SunMED Medical; and Noel Neil, ACU-Serve.
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