Tag: Virginia
Virginia budget includes provision to protect DME access
November 20, 2020HME News Staff
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has signed into law a state budget that includes an amendment requiring Medicaid managed care organizations to reimburse at no less than 90% of the state Medicaid fee schedule for DME.
The Atlantic Coast Medical Equipment Services Assocation, VGM and AAHomecare worked on the effort for more than year. “Virginia providers stepped up to the plate when called upon to get the job done which is an illustration of the power of a state association...
Virginia: Medicaid matches competitive bidding prices
August 22, 2014Leah Hoenen
RICHMOND, Va. - The other shoe has dropped in Virginia: The state's Medicaid program on July 1 adopted competitive bidding rates for products that have been included in the program.
This will be the final blow for a number of providers in the state, says Sam Clay, president of Clay Home Medical, whose business is in a bid area.
“There've been a number of companies—as many as eight—that have changed hands or closed since bidding started and I fully think this will...