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AAHomecare Urges Payers to Keep Coverage for High-Frequency Chest Wall Oscillation
The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) is asking commercial payers to retain or restore neuromuscular disease as a coverage criteria for high-frequency chest wall oscillation (HFCWO) after learning that some are revising their airway clearance medical policies to limit coverage to cystic…
FirstLight Home Care Marks Expands Into Iowa
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—Nonmedical provider FirstLight Home Care is expanding into Iowa for the first time with a new location in West Des Moines. The opening brings FirstLight’s national footprint to 40 states, the company said. Owned and operated by Isaac and…
Matter Health Expands Home-Based Care to Massachusetts and Across Georgia
NASHVILLE, Tennessee—Matter Health, which delivers home-based care through clinical affiliates to dual-eligible Medicare-Medicaid members living in affordable housing communities, today announced the launch of services in Massachusetts and a significant expansion of its presence in Georgia. The company said the expansion gives…
CMS Announces Deadlines for Competitive Bidding Program
WASHINGTON—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced the timeline for the new round of competitive bidding for durable medical equipment, with bidder registration beginning Dec. 1, 2026, and the bid window opening Jan. 5, 2027. The American Association for…
CMS Says MACs Must Publish Quarterly TPE Results
WASHINGTON—In late September, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services published a Change Request (CR 14616) requiring that the Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) post Targeted Probe and Educate (TPE) results on their websites in an effort to keep the provider and supplier…
House Report Focuses on Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
WASHINGTON—Federal and especially state agencies should strengthen oversight of high-risk health care providers to prevent Medicare and Medicaid fraud, concludes a new majority staff report by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The report, “The Real Costs of Fraud,” outlines 13…
Deaconess Completes Purchase of 31 Home Health & Hospice Agencies
CINCINNATI, Ohio—Deaconess Associations Incorporated has completed its acquisition of 31 home health and hospice agencies across eight states from HCA Healthcare. With the transaction now complete, the agencies and their employees join Central Pyramid, one of four owned subsidiaries of Deaconess, a Cincinnati-based health…
McKesson Buys Home Infusion Company Option Care for $5.8B
NEW YORK—McKesson Corporation and the private equity company CD&R have agreed to purchase home infusion provider Option Care Health, Inc. for roughly $5.8 billion, the companies announced Oct. 6. At the closing of the transaction, CD&R will hold a majority ownership interest…
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