AAHomecare asks feds to prioritize DMEPOS suppliers
11/19/2020HME News StaffWASHINGTON – AAHomecare is asking government officials to include DMEPOS suppliers in the first group of health care professionals to get vaccinated for COVID-19. In...
View ArticleRound 2021: Providers vent, ponder next moves
11/20/2020Theresa FlahertyYARMOUTH, Maine – Industry reactions to CMS’s plans not to move forward with the bulk of the competitive bidding program were a mixed bag, but a number of respondents to a...
View ArticleStakeholders push CMS to cover digital health
11/20/2020Liz BeaulieuWASHINGTON – AdvaMed and CapView Strategies make the case for covering digital health technology under the existing DME benefit in a new 56-page white paper titled “Modernizing...
View ArticleIn brief: Virginia budget, vaccine priorities, ALJ backlog
11/20/2020HME News StaffRICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed into law a state budget that includes an amendment requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse at no less...
View ArticleVirginia budget includes provision to protect DME access
11/20/2020HME News StaffRICHMOND, Va. – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed into law a state budget that includes an amendment requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse at no less...
View ArticleCMS modernizes Stark Law
11/23/2020HME News StaffWASHINGTON – CMS has finalized a number of changes to the Stark Law, including new permanent exemptions for value-based arrangements, in a 627-page final rule set to be...
View ArticleIn brief: Stark Law, new sleep company, Oventus-VGM agreement
11/24/2020HME News StaffWASHINGTON – CMS has finalized a number of changes to the Stark Law, including new permanent exemptions for value-based arrangements, in a 627-page final rule set to be...
View ArticleCMS finalizes telehealth expansion
12/02/2020HME News StaffWASHINGTON – CMS permanently expanded certain telehealth services, leveraging an “explosion of innovation” during the COVID-19 pandemic, in a final rule released Dec. 1. In in...
View ArticleCMS softens safe harbors, exceptions to promote value-based care
12/03/2020Liz BeaulieuAMARILLO, Texas – CMS’s recent reforms to the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law will benefit HME providers, but “not a whole lot,” says healthcare attorney Jeff Baird. The...
View ArticleIn brief: Congressional caucus on sleep, Sullivan Health’s first acquisition,...
12/03/2020HME News StaffDARIEN, Ill. – The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has created a Congressional Sleep Health Caucus to promote healthy sleep and the importance of high-quality,...
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