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CMS: Round One ‘Very Smooth’

Industry refutes CMS’s glowing assessment at PAOC meeting.

CMS Updates Physician Signature, Face-to-Face Requirements

Agency will change signature regulation, but face-to-face stands.

CMS Owns Up in CPAP Flap

Incorrect application of policy in Jurisdiction D RAC audits led to improper recoupments.

Next PAOC Meeting April 5

Registration will soon begin for Spring meeting.

GAO Repeats Itself: Oxygen Needs More Cuts

A second report pushes for additional cuts to oxygen reimbursement rates for Medicare.

Industry Meets With Lawmakers, Regulators

AAHomecare meets with House Committee Chairman’s staff, Florida associations and providers parlay with CMS’s Blum.

CMS Slates March 2 Open Door Forum

DME meeting will be conference call only.

Obama Budget Drops Bomb on HME

President’s 2012 plan calls to link NCB cuts to Medicaid reimbursement rates.

FAHCS Hosts Town Hall

Florida providers discuss competitive bidding, audits and Medicaid reform.

GAO Calls for More O2 Cuts

AAHomecare slams GAO report ‘flawed,’ plans congressional rebuttal.



Wilson Letter: Competitive Bidding Must Be Repealed

AAHomecare President calls for a full-court press to repeal competitive bidding.

North Carolina TV Covers NCB Complaints

Charlotte news program exposes how provdiers, patients are impacted.

Dallas-Fort Worth Mired in NCB Difficulties

AAHomecare, TAHCS begins warning local media regarding bid program’s impact for other Texas markets.

AAHomecare Logs 100+ NCB Complaints

Association takes list of patient and provider frustrations to media, Congress.

Power Selling

Bad Weather Selling – Brrrrrr

This nasty weather shouldn’t put the deep freeze on your selling.

Funding Focus

Protecting Your Payments

Despite their best efforts providers still find what documents they have don't meet with the intent of the LCD, as interpreted by CERT auditors.

Winning in the A/R Game

Business Solutions

Winning the A/R Game

For years, many providers did not place much emphasis on collecting co-pays. The effort to do so was time-intenstive and costly. However, that was when the Medicare funding climate was much more hospitable and providers could stand to let co-pays slip. Now, declining reimbursements and increasing cash-flow demands are forcing providers to give collecting co-pays much more A/R attention. What are the tools, services and strategies providers should consider as they get serious about winning the co-pay game?

Portable Oxygen

Portable Oxygen

Forced Evolution

How oxygen providers are learning to transform in a market in flux.

Editor's Note

Maintain The Intensity

Keep the bidding complaints coming.

 Economics Prof Refutes CMS Head’s Charges of Flawed Study

University of Northern Iowa’s Brown questions CMS’s Blum’s arguments that NCB could be good for small providers.

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