Tag: blended reimbursement
Stakeholders ready to press gas on relief
January 14, 2022Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – HME industry stakeholders and their champions in Congress are close to finalizing legislative language to provide reimbursement relief.
AAHomecare’s Jay Witter had a meeting scheduled on Jan. 14 with the staff of Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R.-Okla., who will take the lead on the legislation.
“We’re meeting for final approval, changes or (to address) any questions, but we’re hoping to wrap the legislation up quickly and get it introduced in...
Letter pushes for finalizing DMEPOS proposed rule
September 29, 2021HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., are collecting signatures for a letter asking the Department of Health and Human Services and CMS to finalize a DMEPOS proposed rule that would adjust the payment amounts in non-competitive bidding areas.
The proposed rule would also extend 50/50 blended reimbursement rates in rural/non-contiguous areas.
“We appreciate HHS’s and CMS’s efforts to make changes to Medicare policy...