Strategic approaches to improve billing efficiencies, sharpen staff effectiveness, and strengthen patient relationships.
- By Jennifer Leon
- Apr 24, 2017
Association continues efforts to get non-bid providers relief from extra-low reimbursement for stationary oxygen.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 20, 2017
Health care experiences and clinical care varies between women and men, as well for racial and ethnic groups according to new CMS report.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 13, 2017
Industry Newsmaker
CareCentrix CEO explains why fee for service will soon be a thing of post-acute care’s past.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 13, 2017
Tool helps industry collect audit data in order to help make its case for reforming CMS’s audit program; now easier for Brightree users.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 06, 2017
Originally slated to go into effect April 3, implementation of rate cuts will go into effect May 17.
- By David Kopf
- Apr 06, 2017
Business Solutions
As the new RAC comes online, and as the 2017 HHS OIG Workplan is in effect, what can respiratory providers expect in terms of audits, and how should they respond?
- By David Kopf
- Apr 01, 2017
HME stakeholders share their stories of how bid expansion has impacted their businesses and patients on CMS call; providers can still submit feedback via email.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 30, 2017
Providers, AAHomecare, VGM, vendors, other stakeholders form unified front against CMS’s plan for bundled pricing for CPAPs and supplies.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 23, 2017
Second Open Door Forum will take place on March 21 and provides forum for additional discussion on prior authorization for K0856 and K0861.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 16, 2017
After Senate votes 55-43 to approve Seema Verma as CMS Administrator, she takes first joint action with HHS Secretary Price.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 15, 2017
March 16 Open Door Forum will focus on prior authorization process for power wheelchairs.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 10, 2017
NEMEP, AAHomecare advocacy effort leads N.Y. Dept. of Health to limit its reimbursement cuts.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 09, 2017
Letter from association asks HHS Secretary Tom Price to set rates for rural/non-bid areas at the 50-50, phase-in rates.
- By David Kopf
- Mar 02, 2017
Provider Strategy
New changes to the RAC program will start this month. What does that mean for providers?
- By Wayne van Halem
- Mar 01, 2017
Annual savings to Medicare program range from $23 to $41 for every dollar invested in HME; translates to millions annually.
- By David Kopf
- Feb 23, 2017
Health expenditures will grow faster than GDP and represent an increasingly larger share of GDP.
- By David Kopf
- Feb 16, 2017
CMS outlines how DME MAC contractors are to begin implementing retroactive reimbursement per the law; process should begin in May.
- By David Kopf
- Feb 09, 2017
Association calls on military insurance program to reprocess 2H 2016 HME claims per CURES-mandated reimbursement adjustments.
- By David Kopf
- Feb 01, 2017
Agency moves to merge Rounds One and Two, as well the mail order competition, into a single competitive bid it calls Round 2019.
- By David Kopf
- Jan 31, 2017