Over the past two and a half years, AAHomecare’s payer relations efforts have helped stop or limit proposed Medicaid reimbursement cuts in dozens of states, limited the spread of sole-source and narrow network contract arrangements, and successfully lobbied TRICARE to provide retroactive relief for HME reimbursements based on the 2016 CURES bill.   The Association is looking to reinforce success in this arena by bringing on highly-qualified HME professional David Chandler as director...

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As the United States faced an Arctic front this week with more than 70 percent of Americans enduring below freezing temperatures, many home medical equipment providers were again tasked with caring for patients in extreme weather conditions. Here’s a pair of updates from AAHomecare members in Wisconsin on the special challenges associated with providing HME when the thermometer readings dive below zero.    HME Home Medical –Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Temperatures...

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