Named earlier in September, Best Home Medical’s Regina Gillespie is honored with the Van Miller Homecare Champion Award at this week’s Medtrade conference and expo.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 18, 2018
Medtrade Washington Update: Rule currently at OMB; AAHomecare’s Ryan says bidding gap opens window of opportunity to drive more bid reforms.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 18, 2018
Georgie Blackburn of BLACKBURN’s becomes the third winner of VGM’s annual award recognizing women in the industry for their leadership and advocacy.
- By Leila McNeill
- Oct 18, 2018
The tally of lawmakers calling for broader bid reforms includes 138 Representatives and 32 Senators.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 11, 2018
A new bill would require Medicare to fund custom breast protheses, and a public awareness campaign is driving support for the nascent legislation.
- By Leila McNeill
- Oct 04, 2018
Business Solutions
Each October we ask the members of HMEB’s editorial advisory board to share their insights into the trends, obstacles, challenges and opportunities that providers will likely encounter over the next several months. This year, the board members are pointing to several developments that providers might not have on their radars.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 01, 2018
House letter up to more than 75 signers, with the deadline extended to Oct. 5; Senate letter calls for more relief for rural and non-bid providers.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 28, 2018
Four women named as key eaders in the HME community; the winner will be announced at Medtrade in Atlanta.
- By Leila McNeill
- Sep 27, 2018
Providers have until end of day Friday to get members of the House to sign letter calling for CMS to add more reforms to its proposed rule.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 27, 2018
AAHomecare whitepaper assesses the impact of Medicaid MCO plans and other payers’ use of sole source contracts.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 20, 2018
Providers called on to lobby lawmakers to sign a letter asking CMS to expand relief for HME providers in its proposed ESRD/DMEPOS rule.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 20, 2018
President and owner of Best Home Medical recognized for her efforts representing industry on Capitol Hill.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 20, 2018
The public awareness campaign pushes Medicare to fund custom breast prostheses as Essentially Women and VGM Government Relations work to develop legislation requiring Medicare to do so.
- By Leila McNeill, David Kopf
- Sep 13, 2018
Data showing a drop off in the provisioning of accessories for manual CRT chairs could boost Congressional support for H.R. 3730 and S. 486.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 13, 2018
As Sept. 10 deadline looms, HME associations, advocates remind providers that CMS’s proposed rule offers concrete opportunity to achieve wins for the industry.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 06, 2018
Editor's Note
The proposed rule includes a lot of positives, but experts have pointed out some notable issues.
- By David Kopf
- Sep 01, 2018
GAO conflicts with various studies, including those involving case managers and discharge planners, as well as CMS’s recently proposed rulemaking.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 30, 2018
Groups give providers information, templates and filing guidelines so that they make the Sept. 10 filing deadline for public comments on CMS's proposed rule.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 30, 2018
New report: the application of bid-derived reimbursement cuts to accessories has reduced providers’ ability to offer those items.
- By David Kopf
- Aug 23, 2018