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Special Alerts
- Sneak
Preview of HHA Quality Indicator Survey Available from AAHomecare -
October 1, 2002
- October 1 is Here:
New HHA PPS Rates in Effect Today - October 1, 2002
- MSA Information Available
on AAHomecare Web Site - 82 Areas Affected Nationwide - September
30, 2002
- Senate
Leaders Reach Compromise on Medicare Provider Package – Competitive Bidding
Included -
September 27, 2002
- Homecare Industry
Revenue Growth Fell in 2001 Says Report Issued by AAHomecare -
September 16, 2002
- HHS
Publishes Final HIPAA Rule – Eases Paperwork Burden on Providers - August
16, 2002
- Educate
Congress Now About the 15% Cut – October 1 is Just Around the Corner - August
13, 2002
- Report Warns of Complex
New Bureaucracy If Congress Passes National Medicare Competitive Bidding
Program - July 17, 2002
- Senator
Proposing to Enact Competitive Bidding – Senator Proposing to Enact Competitive
Bidding - July 15, 2002
- The Home Health Copayment
is Very Much Alive in the Senate (July 3, 2002)
- CMS Releases New Report
Analyzing the Home Health Industry Market (July 1, 2002)
- House Set to Vote Tonight
on Bill - Copay Out; Competitive Bidding (June 27, 2002)
- House GOP Members
Urging Delay of Medicare Bill Until After July 4 Recess (June 26,
2002)
- Energy and Commerce
Committee Passes Medicare Bill (June 21, 2002)
- Message
from AAHomecare President & CEO Tom Cannaughton: Competitive Bidding in
House Bill - Congress Still Needs to Hear from YOU (June 18, 2002)
- GRASS ROOTS ALERT!
ACTION NEEDED: Call Your Congressman today, Urge them to Oppose Home
Health Copayments June 18, 2002
- Message from AAHomecare
Chairman Steven Knoll: Congress Must Hear from YOU on Competitive Bidding (June
13, 2002)
- "Comparing the VA
to Medicare is like Comparing Apples to Orangtes," says AAHomecare
abut the OIG REport on Medicare Payments for Durable Medical Equipment (June 12, 2002)
- Make Plans Now to
Meet With Your Congressman During the Memorial Day Recess (May 25 to
June 3) - Medicare Reform Bill Markup Plans May Slip to Early June (May
13, 2002)
- GAO
Releases Report on Home Health Costs Using "Outdated Numbers," says AAHomecare
- Findings Also Rejected by CMS (May 8, 2002)
- Secretary Thompson
Unveils President's Budget for HHS FY 2003 (February 4, 2002)
- AAHomecare Commends
MedPAC's Unanimous Decision Recommending that Congress Eliminate the
15 Percent Cut to the Home Health Benefit (January 17, 2002)
- American Home Care
Association (AHCA) to Join AAHomecare (December 18, 2001)
- Overview of Events (November
20, 2001)
- Now
Available: AAHomecare’s 2001 Financial Performance Survey (October 3, 2001)
- Emergency Message from
AAHomecare Chairman and CMS (September 12, 2001)
- List of House Members
Needed to Sign the 15% Cut Bill Available on AAHomecare Web Site (August
31, 2001)
- August 2001 GOP
Town Hall Meetings Scheduled (August 8, 2001)
- Revised
Oxygen Policy Released (July 20, 2001)
- Important Alert
for Home Health Members: Action Needed! (July 11, 2001)
- Senate/House Budget
Resolution Conferees Consider Reserves to Eliminate 15% Cut: Action
Needed! (April 25, 2001)
- Senate
to Consider Amendment of Home Health 15% Cut: Action Needed! (April
4, 2001)
- Congress
Rescinds OSHA Ergonomics Regulation (March 7, 2001)
- Senate to Consider Rescinding
OSHA Ergonomic Standards (March 6, 2001)
- Congressional
Appointments Made to Key Committees (January 8, 2001)
- Congressional
Committee Chairs List (January 5, 2001 - updated)
- HCFA Posts DME Fee Schedule (December
20, 2000)
- HHS Releases Privacy Regulations - (December 20, 2000)
Regulations
Preamble (1500 pages) -
PDF format
- Special
Alert: "Congress
Passes Medicare Changes Providing Relief to Homecare." (December
18, 2000)
- Summary Language
for Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection
Act of 2000. (December 18, 2000)
- Legislative
language for Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and
Protection Act of 2000. (December 18, 2000)
- HCFA Suspends New AWP (November
22, 2000)
- DMEPOS Competitive
Bidding Demonstration Allowances Released (November 17, 2000)
- Act Now: Urge Congress
to Support Homecare (November 15, 2000)
- Action Needed Today,
It's Not Too Late! HCFA Unable to Provide Guidance on Medical Supplies (October
12, 2000)
- Senate and House
Announce Medicare Proposals Action Needed on AAHomecare's Initiatives (October
4, 2000)
- HCFA Moves
Forward on Changes to AWP (September 2000)
- Senators Daschle
and Moynihan Ensure Medicare Homecare Relief (September 21, 2000)
- An Additional Source
of Average Wholesale Price Data in Pricing Drugs and Biologicals Covered
by the Medicare Program (September 19, 2000)
- Act Now: Urge Congress
to Support Homecare (September 7, 2000)
- 178 Medical Supplies
Bundled in the Final Home Health Agency PPS Rates (September 1,
2000)
- HCFA Announces Corrections
to the Grouper Software (August 30, 2000)
- AAHomecare Update (July
17, 2000)
- Join Our Efforts
to Stop AWP Drug Pricing Reductions (July 10, 2000)
- GAO Issues Report on
IR (July 7, 2000)
- Preliminary
Analysis of Final Regulations for Home Health PPS (June 30, 2000)
- Home Health PPS Final
Rule Released This Week (June 27, 2000)
- Clinton and Congress
Move Forward on Medicare Restoration Proposals (June 20, 2000)
- RFB for San Antonio
Bidding Demonstration Released (May 9, 2000)
- Proposed Rule
Published on DME Upgrade (April 27, 2000)
- Highlights of the
President's 2001 Budget Proposal
- CMN Comments Due End
of March (March 13, 2000)
- AAHomecare Update (March
10, 2000)
- Competitive Bidding (March 9, 2000)
- Blueprint for Success (February 25, 2000)
-
Fraud and Abuse (February 23, 2000)
- AAHC Announces
Goals and Initiatives (February 7, 2000)
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