LAS VEGAS - For those who are hesitant about spending six hours in a classroom on Monday, March 30, at Medtrade Spring, Mike Sperduti has a simple message. “Don’t come,” says Sperduti, president of the Mike Sperduti Companies. “Because good is not good enough these days. But if you’re a person who understands that you have to be better than you were yesterday, then we want you at the workshop.”
AA Homecare Highlights the Importance of OIG Study on Patient Access
The following was released from AA Homecare as an update to their interactions with OIG.
WASHINGTON (Feb. 11, 2015)—Last Thursday, 11 AAHomecare staff members and industry stakeholders met with the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) to discuss their upcoming study on the CMS competitive bidding program and the effects on patient access. The group discussed the goals for the OIG report as well as the methodology that has been used in previous reporting on access and utilization rates.
OWINGS MILLS, Maryland (Feb. 11, 2015)—The Board of Certification/Accreditation (BOC) recently earned NCCA reaccreditation for its Pedorthist certification program for another five-year period. BOC first received NCCA accreditation for the BOCPD certification program in 2008. Approximately 275 professionals are currently certified as BOC Pedorthists (BOCPDs).
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Westlake, OH (Feb. 12, 2015)—Applied Home Healthcare Equipment LLC announced the introduction of the OxyGo Wearable Portable Oxygen Concentrator product line in U.S. and Canadian health care markets.
LAS VEGAS (Feb. 12, 2015) —The biannual Innovative HME Retail Product Awards, sponsored by HomeCare Magazine, 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.
CHICAGO (Feb. 11, 2015)—A new editorial published in JAMA by Northwestern Medicine experts strongly questions the use of several hospital quality measures by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in its pay-for-performance programs.
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WASHINGTON (Feb. 6, 2015)—The National Association of ACOs (NAACOS) has formulated comments in response to a lengthy notice of proposed rulemaking to improve the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP), published in December 2014 by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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