Tag: Comment Period
Stakeholders raise alarms on two CMS proposals
September 5, 2019HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders urge providers to comment on a proposal that would rescind certain Medicaid regulations regarding a state's obligation to assess and monitor beneficiary access when requesting approval to reduce or restructure payment rates.
AAHomecare has submitted comments on CMS-2406-P2, “Medicaid Program; Methods for Assuring Access to Covered Medicaid Services-Rescission,” and NCART plans to.
“This would be a major setback, dramatically minimizing...
Bidding and bundling: Providers heed call to comment
September 5, 2014Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders say a large number of providers answered the call to submit comments by Sept. 2 on a proposed rule to, among other things, expand the competitive bidding program nationwide.
More than 4,000 comments were submitted on the overall rule, and stakeholders believe a good number of them pertained to the bid expansion and another HME provision to create bundled monthly payments.
“The feedback we've gotten from providers spoke to rural healthcare access,”...
CMS: 'There's no specific proposal at this point'
March 7, 2014Leah Hoenen
BALTIMORE - CMS in February began taking public comment on how to expand competitive bidding nationwide, but not on the program itself, officials said during a March 5 Open Door Forum.During the Q&A portion of the forum, Kim Brummett, senior director of regulatory affairs for AAHomecare, asked if CMS planned to wait until the Office of Inspector General (OIG) releases a pair of reports on Round 1 and Round 2 of competitive bidding before issuing a proposed rule on expanding the program.Joel Kaiser,...