Tag: Louisiana
Vent bill moves forward in Louisiana
May 24, 2021HME News Staff
BATON ROUGE, La. – The Louisiana House of Representatives last week passed HB 594, a bill that would prevent insurers, managed care organizations and other payers from setting reimbursement caps for ventilators, according to AAHomecare. The association joined HME stakeholders in the state to support the bill, helping to convince key legislators to remove proposed amendments that would have capped costs for non-invasive ventilators and would have restricted the ability of HME providers to provide...
FODAC seeks donations for relief efforts
September 16, 2016HME News Staff
ATLANTA - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) will collect DME and supplies at Medtrade to support disaster relief efforts in Louisiana. FODAC will work with its local contacts, particularly those in Baton Rouge and Livingston parishes, two of the worst-hit areas, to contribute the DME and supplies, as well as funding. FODAC asks manufacturers who are attending Medtrade, Oct. 31-Nov. 3 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, to make contributions.