WASHINGTON (March 20, 2015)—The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is currently accepting bids for Round 2 Recompete and the national mail-order recompete of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program. CMS released the following information regarding upcoming deadlines.
LAS VEGAS (March 19, 2015)—The four DME MACs, the CBIC, CEDI, and the NSC will attend the Medtrade Exposition held at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, March 30, 2015, through April 1, 2015. Educational sessions will be held on Monday, March 30, and Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The exhibition hall will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. PST on March 30 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PST on April 1, 2015. Stop by to see Medicare Contractors at booth 933.
DALLAS (March 17, 2015)—Axxess will present at the American Society on Aging conference in Chicago, March 23-27. This five-day event aims to help professionals in the field of elder care to enhance their skills and knowledge to bring quality services and innovative solutions to the aging population. Aging Americans—by the year 2020, more than 50 million will be over the age of 65—are driving an increasing demand for home health care.
2015 has already been quite a year, both here at HomeCare and for our industry in general. We can’t wait to hop a plane, head to Vegas, see all of our friends and revel in the increasingly positive momentum! We will bring you more detailed information about the happenings at Medtrade Spring in a special edition of HomeCare Monday later this week, but we have already started making our “Must-See List,” and we thought we’d share just a bit with you.
LAS VEGAS (March 20, 2015)—The biannual Innovative HME Retail Product Awards, sponsored by HomeCare magazine, are down to the top 10. The awards honor HME products that are particularly suited for retail sale. The purpose of the competition is to promote and recognize products that contribute to providers' bottom lines though cash sales.
ACHC Accreditation Standards for the Home Health, Hospice, and Private Duty programs are in revision and will be ready for release April 1, 2015. Current standards were thoroughly reviewed to assess relevancy and program applicability and minor changes were made to add clarity and to maintain compliance with current regulations.
