Tag: FODAC

WASHINGTON – CMS on Oct. 27 announced Round 2021 single payment amounts for off-the-shelf back braces and knee braces.   The agency has made contract offers for back and knee braces in 127 CBAs, a move that it expects to save $600 million for the Medicare program and beneficiaries over the three-year contract period.  CMS is not making offers for back and knee braces in certain CBAs where savings would not be achieved. Payment in those areas will be based on adjusted fee schedule...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children has received the Mayor's Business Award given to local businesses that actively give back to the community. Since 1986, FODAC has served the community by collecting and distributing durable medical equipment to the benefit of disabled residents and their families. “FODAC really is an example of where our business and philanthropic communities intersect,” said Tucker Mayor Frank Auman. “They embody the notion of Tucker businesses...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) raised more than $45,000 on its 20th Run Walk 'n Roll on May 9. The event, one of the organization's main annual fundraisers, was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We were overwhelmed by the response from our supporters who enthusiastically embraced the reformatted event,” said Chris Brand, president and CEO of FODAC. “Many nonprofits have had to postpone or cancel major fund-raising events because of COVID-19...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children is providing personal protective equipment and other medical supplies to medical centers and hospitals in Georgia. The nonprofit addresses shortages of critically needed medical supplies for health care facilities throughout Georgia, in addition to its main mission of providing DME to people with disabilities. “FODAC has a long history of quick response to large disaster situations, and COVID-19 is certainly a national disaster,” said...

WASHINGTON - Medicare spending for diabetes testing supplies decreased by 88% between 2010-2017, according to a new report from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, but health outcomes have remained stable. Since the national mail-order program was implemented in 2013, the use of diabetes testing supplies is down overall, but retail sales of supplies is up, says the report, “Examining Impacts of the National Mail-Order Program on Medicare Service Utilization and Beneficiary Health Outcomes.” MedPAC...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children is reformatting its 20th Annual Run Walk 'n' Roll into a virtual event. The event, one of FODAC's main fundraisers, will call on participants to run, walk or roll at a place of their choosing, away from crowds, on May 9. “COVID-19 has forced all of us to adjust our lives while we attempt to slow the spread of the virus and spare a health care system that is already stretched thin,” said Chris Brand, president and CEO of FODAC. “Changing...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children, a nonprofit organization providing more than $10 million annually in DME and supplies to those disabilities, has added Wayne van Halem to its board of directors. van Halem is president of the Atlanta-based The van Halem Group, a national consulting firm that counsels clients on applicable laws and regulations related to Medicare and other payers. “Wayne's extensive experience in regulatory issues and compliance, specifically related to...

WASHINGTON - CMS will use a bidder's estimated capacity—or their historic capacity plus their projected increase in capacity—along with their bid amount, to rank bids, reports the coalition behind www.dmecbpeducation.com. “(CMS's) newly released capacity policy shows how influential a bidder's capacity is to setting the rate,” said Mark Higley, vice president of regulatory affairs for the VGM Group. “While CMS does not guarantee volume, bidders who overestimate their...

TUCKER, Ga. - Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC) held its 19th Run Walk n' Roll on May 4 at Stone Mountain Park, drawing 100 participants. The event, which included 5K and 3K courses, raised $40,000 for FODAC's mission to provide HME such as wheelchairs at little to no cost to those with mobility challenges and their families. Prizes were awarded to the top individual fundraiser, Vicki Crowell, who raised $2,130; and to the top group fundraiser, St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, which...

SAN DIEGO - Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd has filed a class action lawsuit against Inogen on behalf of purchasers of the company's stock between Nov. 8, 2017, and Feb. 26, 2019.The lawsuit charges Inogen and certain of its officers with making false and misleading statements and/or failing to disclose adverse information regarding the company's business metrics and financial prospects during the period, in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Specifically, the lawsuit charges that:. Inogen...