Tag: OH Assoc of Medical Equipment Services (OAMES)
Homecare Champion Kam Yuricich on building relationships
May 19, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kam Yuricich, who was crowned the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion at Medtrade in March, credits relationship building for the successes she’s helped to achieve on the state and federal level in her 37-year and counting career in the HME industry.
Here’s what the executive director of the Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services (OAMES) and the Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association had to say about how relationship building increases credibility,...
CMS to release ARPA payments in Ohio
May 18, 2023HME News Staff
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) announced recently that it received CMS approval to release the second half of the managed care portion of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) relief payments to health care providers, including DMEPOS suppliers. The relief is based on Medicaid managed care claims paid from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. ODM said in its announcement that it’s “highly likely that providers will receive multiple checks from multiple plans,”...
Kit Shellhouse rejoins OAMES board
May 9, 2023HME News Staff
ATLANTA – The van Halem Group has announced that Kit Shellhouse, director of business development, has been named as an associate board member of the Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services (OAMES). “Serving as an associate board member for OAMES is a privilege,” Shellhouse said. “To fight for our patients, state associations must continue to play a vital role in the business. Supporting providers from a local level to Capitol Hill on a state and national level is essential.”...
Kam Yuricich to be recognized as Homecare Champion
March 23, 2023HME News Staff
DALLAS – Kam Yuricich has been named the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion for her achievements as the executive director for OAMES and the Great Lakes Home Medical Equipment Association.
Yuricich will be honored at the Stand Up For Homecare reception at Medtrade in Dallas on Wednesday, March 29.
“Kam is a star and a stalwart for HME,” says Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president and CEO. “She’s brought home bottom-line wins for her members and she’s also...
Williard named to OAMES board
August 8, 2019HME News Staff
WORTHINGTON, Ohio - The Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services has appointed Laura Williard, vice president of payer relations for AAHomecare, to its board of directors as AAHomecare liaison. She will provide guidance to association leaders on payer issues on the state and national level with managed care plans, Medicare Advantage, commercial payers and state Medicaid programs. “Laura is a very influential addition to our advocacy team on payer policy,” said Kam Yuricich, executive...
Ohio: Oxygen cuts averted
December 20, 2013Elizabeth Deprey
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A proposed Ohio Medicaid policy that would have set oxygen rates at 36% below the lowest Ohio Round 2 rate is now off the table.“The rates will still be cut, but not to the point where it threatens the benefit,” said Carl Mulberry, president of Columbus Medical Equipment. “We were able to reason with them, and now we're in a much better situation.”Rates for oxygen concentrators (E1380), for example, will go from around $165 to $130 per month, as opposed to...
IAMES hires administrative management service
January 22, 2013HME News Staff
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - The board of directors of the Illinois Association for Medical Equipment Services (IAMES) has hired Dublin, Ohio-based Select Association Management (SAM) to provide administrative services, according to a press release. SAM also provides administrative services to the Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services (OAMES) and the Association of Indiana Home Medical Equipment Services (AIHMES). Previously, Ty Bello managed IAMES.