DME appeals represent 42% of ALJ backlog, AAH says
By HME News Staff
Updated 10:04 AM CST, Fri March 12, 2021
WASHINGTON – The Office of Medicare Hearing and Appeals (OMHA) has shared with AAHomecare that there were 201,292 appeals in the ALJ backlog at the end of 2020, about 85,000 of which involved DME. That’s a significant drop from 2019, the association says, when there were 318,000 appeals in the ALJ backlog, about 173,000 of which involved DME. In past years, DME appeals have represented up to 55% of the ALJ backlog, AAHomecare says.
Comments