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Industry News & Comments- Legislative Update - Nov. 21, 2008 PM
Recent Developments Related To Health Care Overhaul Efforts - Washington Update, April 27, 2007
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, March 28, 2007
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, March 21, 2007
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, March 14, 2007
Competitive Bidding Final Rule Is in Final Clearance at OMB; Release Expected Soon - Wednesday in Washington, February 28, 2007
- Wednesday in Washington
Feb. 21, 2007 - 13 More Members of Congress Sign on to Home Oxygen Protection Act, H.R. 621
- Invacare: Bush gives new O2 technology thumbs up
HMENEWS - American Association for Homecare Opposes Proposals in President’s 2008 Budget that Would Weaken Seniors’ Access to Homecare
- Patients, Physicians, and Providers Oppose Cuts to Medicare Home Oxygen Therapy in President’s Proposed 2008 Budget
- Wednesday in Washington, February 7, 2007
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, January 31, 2007
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, January 24, 2007
American Association for Homecare - Florida network forms to tackle NCB
- Democrats Announce Assignments for Committees with Jurisdiction over Medicare
- Wednesday in Washington, December 20, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, December 13, 2006
- Washington Update, December 11, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, December 6, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Grassroots Alert, December 5, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, November 29, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, November 15, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, November 8, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Study Predicts Wheelchair Cuts in Medicare Will Trigger Exodus of Providers and Sharply Reduce Patient Access
- CMS Announces Payment Changes for Medicare Home Health Services and Certain Medical and Oxygen Equipment
- NCART Survey Paints Disturbing Picture for Complex Rehab
Headline News - Wednesday in Washington, October 25, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, October 18, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Industry Calls PMD Fee Cuts `Devastating`
HOMECARE MONDAY - Wednesday in Washington, October 11, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Industry Calls PMD Fee Cuts `Devastating
HOMECARE MONDAY - Wednesday in Washington, October 4, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, October 4, 2006
American Association for Homecare - Wednesday in Washington, September 27, 2006
American Association for Homecare - HomeCare Magazine Industry Update
September 25, 2006 - Legislators: Delay new PMD codes
- FDA may appeal compounding decision
- Opportunities and Threats Remain as Congress Returns for Three-Week Session before Elections
AAHomecare - CMS Issues Final Standards For Suppliers
- Homecare Lobbying Efforts Continue Coast to Coast During August Recess
- AAHomecare hires new CEO
- 2007 Fee Schedule Proposes Physician Cut that Ups the Price Tag of a Legislative "Fix"
AAHomecare - MedPAC Calls Rebate Proposal a Bad Idea
HomeCare Magazine - New Study Documents Cost of Home Oxygen Services
HomeCare MMagazine - NCB comments: AAH urges caution
HME Newswire - A FLURRY OF LEGISLATORS SIGN ON
HME Newswire - Ryan: `Don`t Make It Harder for Americans to Breathe`
HomeCare Monday - Industry eyes potential Senate sponsors for NCB bill
- Schwarz, Price Ask Congress to Repeal DRA Oxygen Policy
HomeCare Monday - Few New Competitive Bidding Details at Two-Day PAOC Meeting
HomeCare Monday - Johnson Announces Subcommittee Action on H.R. 4157
- Utah Homecare Patients and Providers Meet with Hatch on Competitive Biddi
AAHomecare - AAHomecare Executive Committee Update
June 1, 2006 - Stakeholders Air Concerns at Competitive Bidding PAOC Meeting in Baltimore
- Competitive Bidding Panel Meets May 22-23
HomeCare Monday - Hobson-Tanner Cosponsor List Grows to 109
- Industry Leaders: Battle Has Only Begun
HomeCare Monday - DRA Confronted with New Challenges
HomeCare Magazine - Competitive Bidding Panel Outlines Approaching Milestones
- Next Competitive Bidding PAOC Meeting is May 22-23, 2006 in Baltimore, MD
- Rebate debate: NCB provision raises major concerns
- AAH: We want clarification on the DRA
- CMS has announced approved drug vendor information for the Competitive Acquisition Program (CAP.)
- NCB proposal nears release
- American Association for Homecare Outlines 2006 Advocacy Priorities
- Medtrade Spring Update: Tom Ryan Asks Homecare Providers to Keep Pressure on Congress
- Rep. Thomas Announces Retirement
HomeCare Monday - Senate Committee Approves Budget without Medicare, Medicaid Cuts
- Confusion Over Oxygen Cap Involves More than Just Typo
HomeCare Magazine - Q & A about Provisions from Budget Bill that Affect Capped Rental HME and Home Oxygen
- Payment Provisions in the Original Medicare Program Immediately Affected by the Deficit Reduction Act
2006 Fact Sheet - Opponents Say Clerical Error Gives Another Shot at Defeating DRA
- More Questions and Answers about S. 1932, the Deficit Reduction Act
AAHomecare - Q & A about Provisions from Budget Bill that Affect Capped Rental HME and Home Oxygen
- AAHomecare Will Fight the Proposed Cuts to Homecare in President`s 2007 Budget
- Oxygen cap: `We need to work off our inertia`
HME News - House Republicans Consider Changing Reconciliation Vote
- CT 2: Simmons` Vote Switch — Principle or Politics?
- AAHomecare, House debate oxygen cap
- HME Stakeholders Scramble As Budget Bill Vote Looms
HomeCare Monday - Providers hit airwaves to fight oxygen cap
HME News - Budget Reconciliation Bill Vote Set for Feb. 1
- Oxygen cap: Beneficiaries wait and worry
HME Newswire - February 1 Vote on Budget Bill Gives Homecare Providers Time to Fight
AAHomecare - Providers Face Oxygen Rental Cap in Budget Bill
HomeCare Magazine - PMD Rule Delayed Until April
HomeCare Monday - Enlist Homecare Beneficiaries and Families in Fight to Defeat S. 1932
AAHomecare - SENATE APPROVES BIG REIMBURSEMENT HIT FOR DME
HME NEWS - Commentary from American Assoc. of Respiratory Care
Re 36 month 02 Cap - Comments from Invacare`s Mal Mixon
POLS VOTE TO CAP OXYGEN AT 36 MONTHS - Callers Receive Few Answers at Open Door Forum
HomeCare Monday - Final "Inherent Reasonableness" Rule Published by CMS
- Capped Rental Alert for Reconciliation Bill
Washington Update -- Special Congressional Alert - AdvaMed to CMS: Slow Down on Competitive Bidding
HomeCare Monday - Senate, House debate cap rental option for DME
HME News - Lawmakers delay decision on key PWC provision
HME News - Cap rental proposals `catastrophic` for providers, beneficiaries
HME News - H.R. 3559: `We`re hoping for a surge`
HME News - Homecare Still at Risk in Budget Reconciliation: Update
- Senate Passes Amendment to Remove Power Wheelchair Rental Requirement
- Mobility Advocates Descend on Washington
AAHomecare - NCB: `Someone is going to lose`
PAOC Panels - Quality standards appear to `stun` providers
HME NewsWire - CMS’ interim final rule on conditions for payment of power mobility devices.
AAHomecare comments - CMS: Accreditation to Begin With 10 MSAs
HomeCare Monday - Hobson-Tanner Bill Adds Cosponsors from Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee
- PAOC UPDATE
Homecare Stakeholders Express Deep Concerns about Competitive Bidding, Quality Standards - CMS Releases Draft of HME Supplier Quality Standards
- PAOC to Discuss Impact of Competitive Bidding, Quality Standards
HomeCare Monday - Congress Grappling with Increasing Federal Spending and Lack of FY06 Budget: RSC Suggests Home Health Copayments
- Conference surveys state of LTOT, suggests improvements
HME News - PAOC to Discuss Supplier Standards, Accreditation at September Meeting
- PAOC to Discuss Supplier Standards, Accreditation at September Meeting
- Small Providers Survey - Results & Comments
- Mobility pushes to exempt rehab from NCB
HME News - Implementing a New Medicare Claims Appeals Process
Part B: 1/1/2006 - Talking Points: 10 Steps to Effective Work in Political Process
- Proposed Competitive Bidding Rule in `Clearance Stage
- New AAHomecare Small Provider Committee Pushes Changes to Restrictive Contracting
VGM`s John Gallagher Included - States prepare to rally behind upcoming NCB legislation
HME Newswire - The Senate joins the House with an in-the-home query to CMS
HME News - Congress wants in-the-home changed
HME News - ALJs to Transfer to HHS July 1
HomeCare Monday - Senator and House Circulates Letter To Colleagues Calling for End to "In-The-Home" Rule
- White House, GOP Leaders Head Off Efforts To Trim Medicare Drug Law
- CMS Plan for transitioning to NPI
- New Hobson Legislation Would Modify NCB
HomeCare Monday - Congressman Ross: tap dissatisfied seniors to fix NCB
HME News - Scully: industry can fine-tune or slow down but not stop NCB
HME News - Tom Scully Recommends Strategies for Working through MMA Challenges
- Hello JCAHO, CHAP and ACHC. We`re HQAA
HME News - VGM Backs New HME Accrediting Body
HomeCare Monday - Stakeholders Push Lawmakers to Exclude High-End Rehab from NCB
HomeCare Monday - Government Appeals Maximum Comfort Case
HomeCare Monday - Congress looks for Leavitt`s response to `in-the-home`
HME News - AAHomecare Continues Trench Work on "Competitive Bidding" Issues
May 4, 2005 - State associations criticize AAHomecare`s NCB strategy
HME News - House Republicans say no to big Medicaid cuts
- Comments forwarded to all State/Regional Associations
Re - NCB, AAHomecare, - Government/Industry Affairs Update
Pride Mobility’s April 28 Update - CMS Contractor Schedules More Small-Provider Focus Groups
- As HIPAA deadline passes even the unprepared are safe – for now
- Congressional debate over Medicaid could hold up federal budget
- Supplier Accreditation Is Hot Topic at Medtrade Spring
HomeCare Monday - Home Oxygen Fees Announced
Marcg 30, 2005 - Competitive Bidding - Can I Stick My Head In The Sand and It`ll Go Away?
Commentary from Rich Chesney - AAHomecare Leadership Conference Will Deliver a Full-Contact Washington Experience June 7-10
- Texas study yields more PWC savings for Medicare
HME News - DME Accreditation and Medicare Contractors Discussed at CMS Forum
- CMS Needs Small DMEs for Competitive Bidding Focus Groups at Medtrade Spring
AAHomecare - Senate, House at odds over big Medicaid cuts
HME News - Providers wait: Still no word on Medicare oxygen cuts
HME News - Medicare moves to improve NCD process
HME News - Competitive Bidding: Progress toward Standards and Clinical Component in DME
AAHomecare 3/9/2005 - CMS moves forward with competitive bidding
HME NewsWite - 3/7/2005 - In-the-Home Restriction Is Bull`s-Eye at CMS Mobility Forum
HomeCare Magazine - AAHomecare Sets 2005 Advocacy Priorities
February 23, 2005 - House Ways and Means Committee Plans Scrutiny of Homecare Issues in 109th Congress
- Hearing on the President`s Fiscal Year 2006 Budget for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
ADVISORY FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS - Oxygen Uncertainty Continues
By Tim Pontius, RRT (Dealer Provider Magazine) - States, Feds Target Medicaid for Cuts
HomeCare Monday - Leavitt Confirmed as HHS Secretary, Expresses Views on HME Issues
HomeCare Monday - CMS Resumes Oxygen Claims Processing
HomeCare Monday - Respiratory Drug Fee Schedule becomes Effective; Uncertainties Remain
HomeCare Monday - New Inhalation Drug Therapy Codes and Fees Take Effect
(from MMA) - 2005 Payment Amounts for Oxygen and Oxygen Equipment
2005 Update - Sen. Mike Crapo Moves to Powerful Senate Finance Committee
AAHomecare Update - Next PAOC Meeting Information
- PAOC Perspectives
By Cara C. Bachenheimer, JD - CMS to Announce Home Oxygen Pricing in Mid-January, After Additional Data Gathering
AAHomecare - AAHomecare Seeks Details on Timing of January Home Oxygen Claims
- DME Competitive Bidding Committee Uncovers a Myriad of Issues
HomeCare Monday - Omnibus Spending Bill Passes with Mobility Language Intact
HomeCare Monday - PAOC questions quality standards timeline
HME News - FEHBP cuts: Here they come
HME News - Thompson Resigns HHS Post
eMobility - Industry Discusses Key Competitive Bidding Concerns at PAOC Meeting
AAHomecare - A Look at CMS` Final Rules
Dealer Provider - HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson Resigns
HomeCare Monday - Congress to Wrap Up Spending Bill, Includes Mobility Language
HomeCare Monday - Competitive Bidding Committee to Discuss Implementation Options
HomeCare Monday - H.R. 4491 Yet to Progress through 108th Congress
HomeCare Monday - A first: Bill introduced to hike Medicare pay based on quality of care
- CMS Releases 2005 DME Fee Schedule; Cuts Vary Widely by State
HomeCare Monday - Industry Reacts to Inhalation Drug Dispensing Fee
HomeCare Monday - Building Clout in the Lame Duck Season
Dealer/Provider Magazine - Thompson, McClellan: Congress Unlikely to Cut Medicare Benefits Next Year
HomeCare Monday - Lack of Review on NCB Will Cause Problems, Attorney Says
HomeCare Monday - Lawmakers Return Next Week to Finish Business; 109th Congress Takes Shape
AAHomecare - More on Inhalation Dispensing Fee, Physician Fee Schedule
- CMS Finalizes Dispensing Fees for Respiratory Meds, Delays Ruling on Face-to-Face Exam
HomeCare Monday - Competitive Bidding and FEHBP: An Insider`s View
Dealer Provider - Homecare Win: CMS Sets $57 Monthly Dispensing Fee for Inhalation Therapy
AAHomecare - TOWN HALL MEETING: MEDICARE PROVIDER FEEDBACK
- Get ready for FEHBP reimbursement cuts
HME News - Busy Week in Orlando at Medtrade 2004
HomeCare Monday - Mobility Market to Focus on Less Expensive Products, Report Says
HomeCare Monday - OIG Surprises in 2005?
Dealer Provider - JOIN THE RATC AT MEDTRADE!!!
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - Industry Breathes Easier as Government Suggests Inhalation Drug Fees
HomeCare Monday - ALJ Transfer to HHS Jeopardized, GAO Says
HomeCare Monday - State associations lobby hard for H.R. 4491
HME News - CMS unveils average oxygen cuts for 2005
HME News - HMEs to revamp oxygen delivery
HME News - CMS to Calculate 2005 Reimbursement Reductions by State
HomeCare Monday - NEARLY TWO MILLION LOW-INCOME AMERICANS ON MEDICARE TO GET DRUG DISCOUNT CARDS
Move Makes $1,200 Assistance Nearly Automatic - Oxygen Report Compares Apples to Oranges, Industry Advocates Say
HomeCare Monday - Congress Backs Functional Definition of `Nonambulatory`
HomeCare Monday - Senate acts to ensure PWC access
HME News - Industry doubts OIG methodology
HME News - OIG & CMS support capped rental for oxygen
HME News - CMS adopts new ASP calculation
HME News - U.S. Health Insurance Costs Soar, Workers Hit
Reuters - The Issue: CMNs
From the editors of HomeCare magazine - Not too many seeking Medicare drug coverage
- GAO: Use ‘cookie cutter’ to roll out NCB
HME News - OIG: Medicare should reduce O2 reimbursement 10% to 20%
HME News - House Appropriations Committee: Broaden `Nonambulatory` Definition
HomeCare Monday - Medicare raises Part B premium 17%, the largest monthly increase ever
HME News - AAHomecare Raises Concern about Transfer of Administrative Law Judges
- CMS Schedules Public Meeting, Launches Web Site on Competitive Bidding
HomeCare Monday - Thomas/Hobson pressure HHS on FEHBP cuts
HME News - Thomas, Hobson Question OIG Survey Process on DME Cuts
HomeCare Monday - What’s at Stake on January 1, 2005?
AAHomecare - Study Finds Medicare Reimbursement for Home Inhalation Drug Therapies Must Rise Dramatically Via Service Fee to Ensure Continued Care for Patients
AAHomecare - 170 nominees vie for 12-15 POAC slots
HME News - Government Responds in California CMN Legal Battle
HomeCare Monday - Nevada senator carries HME fight to CMS
HME News - Government Responds in California CMN Legal Battle
HomeCare Monday - Face-to-face meetings proposed for all DME
HME News - CMS unfazed by CMN defeat, considers an appeal
HME News - Spending Spirals Up as Medicare Turns 39
HpmeCare Monday - Industry Reacts to Respiratory Drug Pricing, Face-to-Face Exam Proposals
HomeCare Monday - Industry Awaits Power Wheelchair Code Proposals
HomeCare Monday - CMS Seeks Beneficiaries for Replacement Drug Demonstration
- CMS` Proposed Regs Cut Part B Drug Reimbursements; Require `Face-to-Face` Exams for DMEPOS
HomeCare Monday - Medicare expands preventive benefits
HME News - CMS contemplates service fee for respiratory meds
HME News - Medicare Plan Would Cut Cancer Drug Coverage
Also Inhalation Drugs (NY Times) - Proposed Reimbursement Cuts Would Reduce Access to Inhalation Therapies for Medicare Beneficiaries
AAHomecare News Release - CMS, industry agree on PWC documentation
HME News - Appropriations Committee urges redefinition of nonambulatiory
HME News - M&A activity: fast and furious in 2004
HME News - Reimbursement Action Alert: Help Provide Data for FEHBP Study
AAHomecare - How Comforting Is the Maximum Comfort Case?
Dealer Provider - CMN ruling leaves CMS speechless
HME New s - Scully pressured actuary, didn`t break law: report
By Mark Taylor, Modern Healthcare / July 6, 2004 - Congressional COPD Caucus
- How will you prepare for upcoming reimbursement cuts in 2005?
Dealer Provider - State Association Homecare Alert, June 28, 2004
- Democrats renew call for MMA investigation
HME News - Sen. Specter Spells Out Reimbursement Concerns to CMS Administrator
AAHomecare - Urge Support: HR 4491, COPD Caucus
AAHomecare - Ten more lawmakers call for FEHBP cuts repeal
HME News - RTI wins first competitive bidding contract
HME News - ASP effort gains congressional support
HME News - CMS Awards DME Competitive Bid Research Contract, Seeks Advisors
- Support Grows for Bill to Stop January ‘05 Cuts, but More Co-Sponsors Needed
AAHomecare - AAHomecare Members Meet with 200 Senate and House Offices from 34 States On Critical Reimbursement Issues
- Help Seniors Maintain Access to Home Medical Equipment PLEASE COSPONSOR H.R. 4491 (Hobson/Ford)
Congress Should Repeal Homecare Product Pricing Reductions - VGM Heartland Attendees Tackle Industry Challenges
HomeCare Monday - Prescription Drug Enrollment Lags in Spite of Outreach Funding
HomeCare Monday - Study: Private insurers cost Medicare big bucks
HME News - Getting the Job Done: Congressional Letters to CMS on ASP+6
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