Last Week, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) welcomed action taken by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to crack down on waste, fraud, and abuse within the Medicare program. The agency announced...
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2 Steps to Help Fight Competitive Bidding TODAY
Today, Thursday July 18th is the day to make a call to Congress. Wether a DME Provider, Beneficiary or DME Billing Service please take the time to call Congress. Share this information and urge others to do the same. You need to do only 2 things. 1. Use the Social...
Insurance exchange covers entire state of Alabama
Alabama should have no counties left out of a federally operated health insurance exchange because three companies have proposed insurance plans and two of the companies want to cover the entire state. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, the state’s largest health...
Participate in the AAHomecare Virtual Fly-in
This Thursday, July 18, 2013 make calling Congress your top priority and the top priority of all of your employees that day. Urge everyone you know, including your patients, to call their members of Congress and urge them to STOP the damage to our patients and our...
Rep. Thompson Stop Competitive Bidding Webinar TODAY
TODAY: Rep. Thompson free webinar on stopping CB, 2:45 PM, ET Stay committed in the fight to save the HME industry from Medicare competitive bidding. Congressional champion Glenn “GT” Thompson (R – PA 5th) will address a national webinar of the HME industry TODAY,...
Fraud fear raised in California’s health exchange
As California prepares to launch its health care exchange, consumer groups are worried the uninsured could fall victim to fraud, identity theft or other crimes at the hands of some of the very people who are supposed to help them enroll. The exchange, known as Covered...
Frustration with Changes to Medicare Diabetic Testing Supplies Policies
This month, Medicare made a change aimed at saving taxpayers billions of dollars. But community pharmacists say it could wind up putting patients at risk and result in more waste. Nancy Porter is well enough to come to Sigler Pharmacy in Lawrence to get her diabetic...
CMS offers 120 day Documentation Grace Period
CMS has implemented a 120-day grace period for obtaining documentation for CPAP devices and supplies in areas included in Round 2 of competitive bidding, officials announced during an Open Door Forum July 9. The move is in response to contract suppliers notifying CMS...
U.S. Joins Lawsuit Alleging Illegal Physician Compensation by Alabama Health Firm
The government has intervened in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Infirmary Health System Inc. and its related entities—IMC-Diagnostic and Medical Clinic P.C., Diagnostic Physicians Group P.C., and Infirmary Medical Clinics P.C.—the Department of Justice announced...
IV Therapy Accesibility for Medicare Beneficiaries
Dr. Emma Sing recently sat down with a patient and had a tough conversation. Although she has had this same dialogue many times the outcome does not get any easier to explain. She was explaining care options to an 84 year old patient as his intitial shock turned to...
Beneficiary Access Problems Due to Medicare Bid Program
Pennsylvania Association of Medical Suppliers (PAMS) is receiving numerous reports of beneficiary access problems throughout Pennsylvania and the country. It is VERY IMPORTANT that ALL beneficiary access problems are reported so that the program’s failings can be...
Medicare Bill Would Reward Elderly for Good Health
Bipartisan bill seeks to strengthen Medicare by keeping seniors healthy U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, and U.S. Representatives Erik Paulsen, R-Minn., Ron Kind, D-Wisc., Tim Griffin, R-Ark., and Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, today (Wednesday, June...