Tag: AAHomecare
Stakeholders ‘full-steam ahead’ on reimbursement relief
November 22, 2024Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – The HME industry has collected 33 signatures for a congressional letter, engaged a PR firm and welcomed a champion into a new high-profile role in the Senate – all part of efforts to get reimbursement relief passed before the end of the year.
The letter, led by Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., was sent to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, urging CMS to re-establish the 75/25 reimbursement rates in non-competitive bidding,...
Gayle Devin named chair of AAH council
November 18, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Gayle Devin, CEO of Home Care Delivered, is the new chair of AAHomecare’s Corporate Partner Provider Council, the association has announced. Devin brings to the role more than 25 years of experience in strengthening and growing medical service companies, including CEO roles at both ActivStyle and Pinnacle Medical Solutions. “I am very excited to lead the council and provide a framework for CEOs to help shape AAHomecare’s strategic priorities and ensure that they...
Reimbursement relief: Keep pushing for signatures
October 31, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – So far, more than 20 members of the House of Representatives have joined a sign-on letter requesting that CMS re-establish 75-25 blended rates in non-rural, non-competitive bidding areas, according to AAHomecare.
“Given that Congress is currently out of session and House members are in the final weeks of campaign season, this is a promising start,” the association stated in a bulletin.
AAHomecare urges stakeholders to continue reaching out to representatives...
In brief: Sign-on letter goes live, Medline partners with Microsoft, WOY award moves to Heartland
October 18, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., and Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa have released a sign-on letter in support of re-establishing the 75/25 Medicare blended reimbursement rate for DME in non-rural, non-competitive bid areas for 2025, AAHomecare has reported.
The association is asking stakeholders to reach out to their representative in the House of Representatives to ask them to join the sign-on letter. Stakeholders should direct Republican reps to contact...
Kris Srinivasan joins AAH board
October 17, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has announced that Kris Srinivasan, the chief strategy officer at Valere Health, has been selected to fill a vacated at-large seat on its board of directors in the 2023-26 class. Srinivasan has previously served on the association’s board, as well as the boards of various state and regional associations over the last eight years. “It is a privilege to continue to serve the HME industry as a member of the AAHomecare board of directors,” he said. “This...
AAH comments on NIV NCA
October 17, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has submitted comments in response to the opening of a national coverage analysis for the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation in the home for the treatment of chronic respiratory failure consequent to COPD. In its comments, the association strongly urged the agency to establish clear and subjective medical need criteria for coverage. “When medical professionals prescribe this therapy for their patients, it is important that the clinician community...
Stakeholders need to ‘stay motivated’ on reimbursement relief
October 11, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – It’s been a long year fighting to get Congress to move bills that would extend the 75/25 blended Medicare reimbursement rates in non-bid, non-rural areas, but the last few months of the year could provide the HME industry’s biggest opportunity yet, stakeholders say.
H.R. 5555 and S. 1294 would extend for an additional year blended rates that were first put into effect in March 2020 and subsequently extended through 2023 via an omnibus bill that passed through...
Complex rehab stakeholders rally around titanium bill
October 4, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – Two congressional fly-ins in September, which resulted in more than 100 meetings with lawmakers and their staff, served as a call for action to improve access to titanium and carbon fiber ultralightweight manual wheelchairs.
AAHomecare hit the Hill on Sept. 10, followed by NCART and U.S. Rehab on Sept. 24, to ask lawmakers to consider passing “Choices for Increased Mobility Act” or including it in end-of-year legislation.
“I was pleased we were...
In brief: Hurricane waivers, NIV advocacy, CRT lobby
October 4, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – CMS will permit people with Medicare who have lost or had damage to their DMEPOS products because of Hurricane Helene to receive replacements of such items and services, according to a bulletin from AAHomecare.
Specifically, CMS waivers for Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee state that:
When DMEPOS is lost, destroyed, irreparably damaged, or otherwise rendered unusable, CMS is allowing DME MACs to have the flexibility to waive...
AAH strengthens NIV, CGM advocacy
October 3, 2024HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare has expanded its relationship with legal and public policy firm Foley Hoag to strengthen its advocacy work on significant coverage issues for non-invasive ventilators and continuous glucose monitors. “Foley Hoag’s expertise in Medicare and Medicaid policy is already helping us sharpen our arguments by identifying established laws and regulations that support our advocacy goals,” said Tom Ryan, president and CEO of AAHomecare. “In addition, their...