Tag: 2016
In brief: O&P stakeholders add bill to arsenal, AAH and VGM book keynotes
April 29, 2016HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-N.C., has introduced a bill that would halt CMS's plans to make dramatic changes to coverage for prosthetic devices.
H.R. 5045, the “Preserving Access to Modern Prosthetic Limbs Act of 2016,” would “impose a moratorium on the implementation of a proposed Medicare local coverage determination on lower limb prostheses,” according to a bulletin from the American Orthotics and Prosthetics Association.
The bill would restrict CMS from...
