Tag: H.R. 5555
Stakeholders need to ‘stay motivated’ on reimbursement relief
October 11, 2024Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON – It’s been a long year fighting to get Congress to move bills that would extend the 75/25 blended Medicare reimbursement rates in non-bid, non-rural areas, but the last few months of the year could provide the HME industry’s biggest opportunity yet, stakeholders say.
H.R. 5555 and S. 1294 would extend for an additional year blended rates that were first put into effect in March 2020 and subsequently extended through 2023 via an omnibus bill that passed through...
E&C Committee moves 75/25 forward
December 6, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The House Energy & Commerce Committee on Wednesday approved an amended version of H.R. 5555 that extends the 75/25 blended rate in non-competitive bidding areas through 2024.
The amended language does not, however, include the 90/10 blended rate adjustment for suppliers in former CBAs, according to a bulletin from AAHomecare.
The Senate Finance Committee included similar 75/25 language from S. 1294 in a health package in November.
“This is a very...
Reimbursement ‘freight train’ approaching
December 1, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Industry legislation will be considered by the full Energy & Commerce Committee in the House of Representatives on Wednesday and stakeholders are hopeful lawmakers will see past partisan politics and focus on the very real issues at hand.
H.R. 5555, which currently has 11 Republican and three Democratic co-sponsors, passed out of the E&C Health Subcommittee on Nov. 15 and now it’s up to the full committee to keep the bill in play.
“We’re...
Bid relief bill drops ahead of Legislative Conference
September 19, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., have introduced a bill in the House of Representatives that would provide a 90/10 blended Medicare reimbursement rate for most home medical equipment products in competitive bidding areas for all of 2024.
The DMEPOS Relief Act of 2023 (H.R. 5555) would also extend the current 75/25 blended rate currently in effect in rural/non-CBA areas through 2024.
“This legislation provides a long-overdue relief...