Tag: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration will grant one-time payments to providers of home and community-based services including DME, calculated as a 19% increase based on Medicaid managed care claims paid from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. The relief is possible thanks to the funding provided by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), which went into effect April 1, 2021. The payments do not require any application or reporting from eligible suppliers....

ELYRIA, Ohio - Invacare Holdings reported its predecessor, Invacare Corp., had net sales of $165.5 million for the first quarter 2023, a decrease of 17.7% compared to the same period last year.  During the first quarter, Invacare announced that its U.S. entities, including Freedom Designs and Adaptive Switch Laboratories, had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. They emerged from bankruptcy on May 5.  “Year-to-date, we've made tremendous strides in all aspects of the company’s...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Medicaid (ODM) announced recently that it received CMS approval to release the second half of the managed care portion of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) relief payments to health care providers, including DMEPOS suppliers. The relief is based on Medicaid managed care claims paid from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. ODM said in its announcement that it’s “highly likely that providers will receive multiple checks from multiple plans,”...

INDIANAPOLIS – HME providers in Indiana are eligible for relief under the American Rescue Plan Act. As home and community-based services, they can receive a grant equivalent to 8.1% of their qualified Medicaid billings. The Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association, AAHomecare and NCART reached out to Medicaid authorities in Indiana, as well as to Michigan and Illinois, in June 2021 to highlight CMS guidance related to acceptable uses for ARPA funding and asked for significant relief for...