NHIA schedules fly-in
12/30/2014HME News StaffALEXANDRIA, Va. – The National Home Infusion Association (NHIA) encourages its members to fly into Washington, D.C., in February to meet with lawmakers to talk up efforts to...
View ArticleBill raises standards for O&P
03/24/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced a bill on March 23 that would apply accreditation and other standards for orthotics and prosthetics...
View ArticleSenate moves to protect access to speech generating devices
04/01/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – The Senate has included language in its budget resolution that protects patient access to medical necessary speech generating devices, reports Tobii Dynavox, a...
View ArticleBill paves way for oxygen providers
04/14/2015HME News StaffMADISON, Wis. – Gov. Scott Walker has signed into law a bill that allows HME providers to provide home oxygen therapy without a pharmacist on staff. The bill, which takes effect...
View ArticleCMS has some explaining to do
Liz Beaulieu04/21/2015More than anything else, the binding bids language recently passed as part of the “doc fix” bill sends a strong message to CMS that its competitive bidding program, as currently...
View ArticleBlackburn’s bill seeks to expand prior authorizations
05/26/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced a bill last week that would require prior authorizations for high-dollar DME.The bill, H.R. 2437, would also exempt DME...
View ArticleAudit bill gets mark up in Senate
06/02/2015Liz BeaulieuWASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday will mark up a proposed bill to improve the Medicare audit and appeals process.The bill, the “Audit and Appeal Fairness,...
View ArticleAudit bill clears committee
06/04/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – The Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday passed a bill to improve the Medicare audit and appeals process.The bill, the “Audit and Appeal Fairness, Integrity and...
View ArticleNHIA to Boehner: Don’t use ASP for home infusion drugs
06/16/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – The National Home Infusion Association has asked House Speaker John Boehner to drop a provision in H.R. 2570 that would change the payment structure for infusion...
View ArticleCongress looks to repeal medical device tax
06/23/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – A bill to repeal the medical device tax passed in the House of Representatives last week.H.R. 160, the Protect Medical Innovation Act, passed with a bi-partisan...
View ArticleRep. Zeldin moves to protect accessories
07/28/2015HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., has introduced a bill that would prevent CMS from applying competitive bidding pricing to accessories for complex power wheelchairs,...
View ArticleIndustry regroups on bid relief
‘We’ll live to fight next year’12/18/2015Theresa FlahertyWASHINGTON – The HME industry took a blow last week when competitive bid legislation was left out of an omnibus spending package, but...
View ArticleSenators push 15-month delay for upcoming bid cuts
03/17/2016HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Just days after CMS released new payment amounts for the latest round of its competitive bidding program, two senators have introduced a bill that would delay a...
View ArticleStabenow, Lankford back bid bill
04/07/2016HME News StaffWASHINGTON – HME stakeholders have added two co-sponsors to a bill in the Senate that would delay a second round of Medicare reimbursement cuts slated for July 1.Sens. Debbie...
View ArticleO&P stakeholders add bill to arsenal
04/26/2016HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., has introduced a bill that would halt CMS’s plans to make dramatic changes to coverage for prosthetic devices.H.R. 5045, the “Preserving...
View ArticleBid bill on its way to House floor, VGM says
05/03/2016HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Longtime HME champion Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., will introduce a bill in early May to delay a second round of Medicare reimbursement cuts in rural areas, according to...
View ArticleBid relief bill introduced in House
05/13/2016HME News StaffWASHINGTON – A highly anticipated bill in the House of Representatives that would delay an upcoming second round of Medicare reimbursement cuts in non-bid areas has dropped with...
View ArticleAccessibility groups wrangle over specifics of bill
06/01/2016HME News StaffWASHINGTON – The Independent Auto Lift Dealers of America has appealed to lawmakers to tweak a bill in the House of Representatives, as well as a companion bill being considered...
View ArticleNMEDA responds to opponents
06/07/2016HME News StaffTAMPA, Fla. – A bill that seeks to standardize how lifts are provided to veterans has been “misinterpreted” by its opponents, according to the National Mobility Equipment...
View ArticleCMS delivers another blow with new pricing
July 1 pricing factors in Round 2 re-compete pricing, making cuts even steeper06/23/2016HME News StaffWASHINGTON – CMS late this afternoon released new pricing for non-competitive bidding areas as of...
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