Tag: Barb Stockert
Alaska’s unique challenges push providers to join PAMES
June 23, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
JUNEAU, Alaska – With its large geographic footprint and sparse population, servicing the state of Alaska presents special challenges compared to those in the Lower 48, prompting providers like Aaron Sycks to seek better representation.
In April, the board of directors of the Pacific Association of Medical Equipment Services (PAMES) unanimously voted to extend its coverage to include Alaska.
“Within the last five years or so, there have been major cuts, not just by...
New payment eases process
July 1, 2019Liz Beaulieu, Editor
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakota Medicaid now pays physical and occupational therapists separately for wheelchair evaluations.
The state's Department of Human Services added CPT Code 97542 (wheelchair assessment, fitting, training—each 15 minutes) to its fee schedule for coverage effective May 1.
“We were having PTs and OTs at hospitals and clinics refuse to do these assessments because they weren't getting paid for them,” said Barb Stockert, who is the co-state chairperson...
Stockert stands up
May 24, 2019Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON - When you say Barb Stockert, the recipient of the 2019 AAHomecare/Mal Mixon Legislative Advocate Award, lives and breathes advocacy, it's not a clich�.
Stockert, who received the award at last week's Washington Legislative Conference, tells the story of how she and her husband were in a casino years ago and they found out it was so crowded because Kent Conrad, a U.S. senator at the time, was there.
“A bell went off in my head, 'Ding, ding, ding, I've got...
Barb Stockert to receive advocate award
May 2, 2019HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - AAHomecare has named Barb Stockert as the recipient of the 2019 AAHomecare/Mal Mixon Legislative Advocate Award.
Stockert, a longtime member of the State Leaders and HME/RT councils at AHomecare, is being recognized for her grassroots efforts across the western U.S., including assisting with the Grassroots Accountability Project, for which she is contact for more than 20 congressional offices.
Stockert has served as the North Dakota co-state chairperson for MAMES since 2004 and...