New Oxygen Fee Schedule Starting April 1 CMS has published the April 2021 DMEPOS fee schedule with the new oxygen rates that excludes the application of budget neutrality. This new change shows 5%-11% increase in oxygen products across the country.   Budget neutrality was originally introduced in 2006 to offset the increased utilization for oxygen generating portable equipment (OPGE) with lower reimbursement for stationary equipment. In 2019 CMS expanded budget neutrality to apply to the...

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AAHomecare and NEMEP Push for Medicaid Rate Stability in New York  AAHomecare is working with the Northeast Medical Equipment Providers Association (NEMEP) to support new legislation requiring Medicaid MCOs in New York to reimburse DME providers at no less than 100% of the state’s published Medicaid DME and CRT fee schedule. A.5368 was introduced by Assembly member John McDonald III and co-sponsored by Assembly Member Richard Gottfried on February 16, 2021.  A Senate companion...

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Please ask Senators and House members to support extension of the moratorium on the 2% Medicare cuts until the end of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE).    Your message in support of H.R. 315, the Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act, can be as simple as the ones shown below: (please note slightly different versions for House and Senate members).  You can also add any details on the additional operational/safety requirements and costs your company is facing in serving...

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Support Newly Introduced Medicaid Rate Stability Legislation in New York Senate & Assembly Please help build support for newly introduced bills in the New York State Legislature that would require Medicaid MCOs in New York to reimburse DME providers at no less than one hundred percent of the state’s published Medicaid DME and CRT fee schedule for the same services and supplies.  A.5368 was introduced by Assembly member John McDonald III and co-sponsored by Assembly Member Richard...

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