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AMEP provides ‘strength in numbers’
April 25, 2025Liz Beaulieu, Editor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – HME providers in Arkansas, with help from Natural State Consulting and Strategies, a well-connected lobbying firm, recently formed an association to unify their voice and have already secured a few legislative wins.
“While associations are becoming more prevalent, we didn’t have one, so our voices were fragmented,” said Shawn McCoy, founder and president of Eclipse Medical and president of the Arkansas Medical Equipment Providers Association (AMEP)....
CGM bill aims to preserve two-channel option
February 14, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A new bill in Arkansas is the first on a state level to try and stem the “migration” of coverage for continuous glucose monitors to a pharmacy-only benefit.
Introduced Jan. 27, HB1255 would amend existing Medicaid coverage of CGMs to allow beneficiaries to obtain CGMs through the DME benefit and would allow DME providers to bill for the devices using a HCPCS code rather than the national drug code number used by pharmacies.
“We don't...