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Senate Finance leaders urge delay of bid pricing
April 20, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee leaders have asked CMS to delay applying the next round of Medicare reimbursement cuts in rural areas.
In an April 18 letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell, Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., express their concerns that six months isn't long enough to detect and correct problems with the rollout of competitive bidding to non-bid areas.
“It is unlikely that CMS will be able...
Stakeholders line up for July 1 fight
February 19, 2016Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders and their champions in Congress are mapping out a strategy to stave off a second round of reimbursement cuts scheduled for July 1 in non-bid areas.
Members of the Senate Finance Committee are in the process of drafting a letter to CMS, asking the agency to use its regulatory authority to delay the second round of cuts, says Tom Ryan, president and CEO of AAHomecare.
“Six months is not long enough to determine the impact of the first cuts on access,”...
New MPP bill starts strong
April 26, 2013Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - The HME industry needs to hit the ground running now that a new bill to replace competitive bidding with a market-pricing program (MPP) has been dropped, say stakeholders.
“This is not the beginning of the battle, this is the meat of the battle,” said Joel Marx, AAHomecare chairman. “There is no turning back.”
Right out of the gate, H.R. 1717, the “Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2013,” had 25 co-sponsors. Reps. Tom Price,...
No more carte blanche for auditors?
November 21, 2012Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - If the amount of feedback that the Senate Finance Committee has received on how to improve the audit process is any consideration, expect it to push for big changes.
"We received almost 2,000 pages of recommendations in response to our solicitation, so it is taking a while to get through them," said Julia Lawless, a spokeswoman for the committee. "We hope to issue a high level summary before the end of the year."
[See also: Former CMS official: The audit process...
Invacare prepares for the worst in healthcare reform: freezes hiring, suspends merit raises
January 15, 2010Mike Moran
Invacare is taking very seriously a healthcare reform proposal that, if enacted, would cost the company an estimated $12 million to $14 million a year. Check out this document the company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission Jan. 7.
The U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives each recently passed health care reform legislation that includes a new tax on medical device manufacturers, such as Invacare Corporation (the “Company”). The Senate version of health care...
If this doesn't work, heads should roll at CMS...and other random musing on healthcare
October 21, 2009Mike Moran
Sybil movie download Here are some random thoughts on the state of healthcare in this country today.
1. They new surety bond and accreditation requirements for DME that took effect earlier this month are intended to help reduce fraud and abuse. That means a year from now DME fraud and abuse should be much lower than it is today. If it is not, heads should roll at CMS, the NSC and other contractors charged with protecting the Medicare trust fund.
2. You'll never hear me complain about Social Security...
VGM analyzes DME provisions in Senate reform bill
October 20, 2009Mike Moran
The Senate Finance Committee has released the legislative language for its health reform bill, "America's Health Future Act of 2009." The committee approved the bill by a margin of 14 to 9 on Oct. 13.
Before it can move forward for a full Senate vote, the language must be combined with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee's health reform bill, “Affordable Health Choices Act.”
Here is an analysis by The VGM Group of the finance committee's DME provisions:
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Update: First-month purchase option
September 25, 2009Liz Beaulieu, Editor
The Senate Finance Committee has corrected an error in its draft healthcare reform bill that states the elimination of the first-month purchase option for standard power wheelchairs will take effect next year. It will take effect in 2011, according to Seth Johnson, vice president of government affairs for Pride Mobility Products. “That essentially buys us 12 more months,” he said. "Clearly, we're still working to advance an alternative, but it's a positive development."
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Lincare's smiling
September 22, 2009Mike Moran
Lincare's shares have risen as much as 23% since Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., released a draft healthcare reform bill that doesn't contain cuts to home oxygen therapy, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday.
Here's the story in full, in case you're not registered to view the Journal's stories online:
Lincare Still Rallying As Health-Care Reform Leaves Out Oxygen
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Meal ticket for healthcare reform?
September 17, 2009Mike Moran
Bangkok Dangerous divx Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, released his highly anticipated draft healthcare reform bill yesterday, and HME, as expected, makes more than a fleeting appearance.
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AAHomecare notified members yesterday that the Baucus' draft bill contains, among others, the following HME-related provisions: порно...