WATERLOO, IOWA (September 29, 2015)—U.S. Rehab and other industry stakeholders have mounted a campaign to get 100,000 signatures on a petition to reverse CMS’s plans to apply competitive bidding rates to complex rehab accessories.
COLUMBIA, SC (September 25, 2015)—We are down to the wire on the ICD-10 transition deadline, and health care professionals everywhere are feeling the heat. MiraVista has developed some last minute advice to aid DME suppliers in their final steps:
From Tom Ryan with AAHomecare:
There are just 99 days left on the calendar until January 1, 2016. On that day, CMS plans to unleash a double whammy on HME providers and patients through competitive-bidding derived rates for Complex Rehab accessories, as well as expanding the reach of prices from the bidding program to rural providers everywhere. Welcome to the brave new world of competitive bidding pricing, without actual bidding for the items covered!
WASHINGTON, D.C., (September 23, 2015)—AAHomecare has submitted comments in response to the proposed draft LCD for surgical dressings recently released by the DME MACs. The draft LCD proposes to: