Tag: Urologicals
Med Supplies Council launches impact survey
February 19, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – AAHomecare’s Medical Supplies Council has launched a nationwide Market Impact Survey to assess the ongoing effects of reimbursement levels, supply chain volatility, product and operational costs, and staffing pressures across a variety of disposable supplies as well as CGMs and insulin infusion pumps.
Product categories included in survey
Ostomy supplies
Urological supplies
Continuous...
CERT report shows improper payment increase
February 19, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently published the 2025 Comprehensive Error Rate Testing (CERT) Improper Payment Report which shows an increase in improper payments for DMEPOS for the first time since 2015. The 2025 improper payment rate for DMEPOS was reported to be 24.1%, which is a 2.7% increase since the previous year, according to a bulletin from AAHomecare. The 2025 report data is based on claims analyzed from July...
Deadline extended for bid sign-on letter
February 19, 2026HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The deadline for a Congressional sign-on letter asking CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to delay the competitive bidding program (CBP) for ostomy and urological supplies has been extended to Marc 6, according to AAHomecare. The letter is being spearheaded by Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J. DME companies that furnish these supplies are encouraged to ask their representative to join the sign-on letter to allow for a thorough review of serious concerns arising from their...
Stakeholders build foundation for bid delay legislation
February 13, 2026Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Industry stakeholders are working behind the scenes on the introduction of two separate bills that would delay competitive bidding for continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), insulin pumps, and ostomy and urological supplies.
The current plan is to delay CGMs and insulin pumps in one bill, and ostomy and urological supplies in a second bill – a logical split of the product categories, says Jay Witter, vice president of government...
Edgepark builds out storefront
November 26, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
TWINSBURG, Ohio - Edgepark has added urologicals to its ostomy storefront, marking the latest step in its strategy to enhance the patient experience and simplify processes for prescribers, says Yelena Brusilovsky.
The company on Nov. 17 added urologicals to the ostomy storefront that it first debuted in 2024 on Parachute’s e-prescribing platform. It also offers breast pumps and diabetes management products through the platform.
“We want to be a one-stop shop for...
Movement grows to shield critical medical supplies from Medicare competitive bidding
October 3, 2025Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON – Efforts to exclude medical supplies from the next round of Medicare competitive bidding are gaining steam as lawmakers and patient advocacy groups join industry stakeholders in pulling at some of the many weak threads of the program.
Overreach of the statute language?
When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) first released details on the latest round of the program on June 30, the agency specified that ostomy, tracheostomy and urological supplies...
Mica Phillips on the high risk, high reward of urologicals market
April 21, 2023Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – In his nine years at Aeroflow Healthcare, Mica Phillips has seen Aeroflow Urology grow from the smallest division at the company, with two employees, including him, to one of the largest suppliers of continence care products in the United States, with more than 150 employees.
“To be a good provider of these supplies is to be educated on insurance benefits, be able to speak to patients in realistic terms about them, and to recognize that the needs and concerns...
Better Health secures additional funding
October 13, 2021HME News Staff
SAN FRANCISCO – Better Health, an online supplier of urological and ostomy supplies, announced today a $10 million Series A funding that it will use to expand its services.
“We’re excited to continue supporting our members in managing their health at home and to expand our services and offering to meet their growing needs,” said Naama Stauber Breckler, CEO and co-founder of Better Health. “When it comes to medical supplies, receiving the right support makes all the...
Better Health taps new VP
May 12, 2021HME News Staff
SAN FRANCISCO – Better Health, an online supplier of urological and ostomy supplies, has hired Dr. Rosemary Ku as vice president of medical affairs. She brings more than a decade of health care experience in clinical care, payer innovation and technology development for chronic disease management systems. In her new role, Ku will oversee the build-out of a comprehensive care program, starting with launching an innovative peer coaching service to improve health outcomes, quality of life...
Urologicals market offers a trifecta of benefits
November 30, 2020John Andrews
Urologicals are a surprisingly versatile market segment that marry rewarding work, cross-over sales and technological advancements. Not bad for a market that has a reputation for being a strictly commodity business in the HME industry, vendors say.
John Anderson, CEO of Newport Beach, Calif.-based Cure Medical, is very upbeat about urologicals and the progress being made with respect to new products.
“It is an extremely rewarding market - I have one customer who cried with...