Tag: Kam Yuricich
In brief: Legislation moves forward, VBC lowers costs, Yuricich retires
November 17, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee in the House of Representatives has approved two HME-related bills, AAHomecare has reported.
The bills, The DMEPOS Relief Act of 2023 (H.R. 5555) and The Choices for Increased Mobility Act (H.R. 5371), will now move to the full E&C Committee for consideration in the coming weeks, the association says.
“This is a major step forward for our priority legislation in the House,” said Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president...
Kam Yuricich to retire
November 16, 2023HME News Staff
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kam Yuricich will step down as executive director of the Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services and the Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association on Dec. 31, 2023.
Yuricich has worked in association management since 1986, starting her career at Clary Communications in Columbus, Ohio, where she managed the Ohio Association of Durable Medical Equipment Companies (OADMEC), the prequel to OAMES, and other non-profit organizations. She became a full-time employee...
Homecare Champion Kam Yuricich on building relationships
May 19, 2023Liz Beaulieu, Editor
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kam Yuricich, who was crowned the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion at Medtrade in March, credits relationship building for the successes she’s helped to achieve on the state and federal level in her 37-year and counting career in the HME industry.
Here’s what the executive director of the Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Services (OAMES) and the Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association had to say about how relationship building increases credibility,...
In brief: Homecare Champ, new home infusion code, supplies survey, seat elevation comments
March 24, 2023HME News Staff
DALLAS – Kam Yuricich has been named the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion for her achievements as the executive director for OAMES and the Great Lakes Home Medical Equipment Association.
Yuricich will be honored at the Stand Up For Homecare reception at Medtrade in Dallas on Wednesday, March 29.
“Kam is a star and a stalwart for HME,” says Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president and CEO. “She’s brought home bottom-line wins for her members and she’s also...
Kam Yuricich to be recognized as Homecare Champion
March 23, 2023HME News Staff
DALLAS – Kam Yuricich has been named the 2023 Van Miller Homecare Champion for her achievements as the executive director for OAMES and the Great Lakes Home Medical Equipment Association.
Yuricich will be honored at the Stand Up For Homecare reception at Medtrade in Dallas on Wednesday, March 29.
“Kam is a star and a stalwart for HME,” says Tom Ryan, AAHomecare president and CEO. “She’s brought home bottom-line wins for her members and she’s also...
Providers get reprieve from deep cuts in Indiana
October 3, 2019HME News Staff
INDIANAPOLIS - HME stakeholders have persuaded Indiana Medicaid officials to hold off on deep reimbursement cuts for 2,000 HCPCS codes that were scheduled to go into effect Oct. 1. The proposed cuts, first announced in early September, would have cut rates to match the lowest Medicare allowable. On Sept. 27, however, officials from the state's Family and Social Services Administration notified Kam Yuricich, executive director of the Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association, that the agency...
MCO readies for drastic cuts in Illinois
December 1, 2017Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - IlliniCare Health Plan may be only one Medicaid managed care organization with plans to drastically cut payments for DME in only one state, but when its parent company is Centene Corp., which has MCOs in 28 states, HME providers everywhere take notice.
IlliniCare plans to cut reimbursement for DME up to 50% on Jan. 1, a move delayed from Oct. 1.
“I would say the severity of these cuts is unprecedented in my experience,” said Kam Yuricich, who runs the Great Lakes...
Work group expands focus on Medicaid issues
January 12, 2017HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - AAHomecare's State Leaders Council has formed a work group to explore ways to address competitive bid pricing for Medicaid.
The 21st Century Cures Act, which passed in December, contained a provision that limits the federal portion of Medicaid reimbursement to Medicare's bid pricing for DMEPOS starting in 2018.
The work group will assess what level of flexibility states have in setting Medicaid rates, and will develop approaches to educate state Medicaid directors about...
Ohio: Oxygen cuts averted
December 20, 2013Elizabeth Deprey
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A proposed Ohio Medicaid policy that would have set oxygen rates at 36% below the lowest Ohio Round 2 rate is now off the table.“The rates will still be cut, but not to the point where it threatens the benefit,” said Carl Mulberry, president of Columbus Medical Equipment. “We were able to reason with them, and now we're in a much better situation.”Rates for oxygen concentrators (E1380), for example, will go from around $165 to $130 per month, as opposed to...