Minnesota: MAMES testifies on recoupments, Gov. rescinds vent cuts
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:11 AM CDT, Wed March 24, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS – Minnesota’s Department of Human Services should not be able to recoup payments from DME providers for items provided prior to July 1, 2019, as part of the agency’s attempts to become compliant with the 21st Century Cures Act, says MAMES Executive Director Rose Schafhauser. She testified before the state’s Senate Health and Human Services Finance and Policy Committee via Zoom on March 22 on SF 1128, a bill that would require the state to pay back $735,000 using its own funds, not funds from providers. Schafhauser also pointed out that DHS took more than a year to implement legislation that set the Medicaid payment rates at the Medicare rates on the DME items, starting with dates of service on or after July 1, 2019. DHS has temporarily suspended its recoupment process…Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz removed pressure support ventilators from cuts included in his 2022-2023 budget, but other cuts, including for enteral nutrition and CRT accessories, remain.
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