AdaptHealth Acquires McKesson PCS Division

Last week, AdaptHealth announced it was purchasing McKesson’s provider business, Patient Care Solutions (PCS).

In their announcement, AdaptHealth CEO Luke McGee noted that the acquisition would “add urological and ostomy products to our already comprehensive HME product portfolio, and significantly increase our exposure in areas such as wound care, breast pumps, incontinence supplies, and diabetic care.”

Josh Parnes,...

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Note: the following is republished with permission from a Sept. 17 alert from the Great Lakes Home Medical Services Association.

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As previously reported, effective October 1, 2019, the Indiana Health Coverage Programs (IHCP) will implement reimbursement and policy changes for HME that were announced in the 9/03/19 ICHP bulletin BR201936. According to the bulletin, the Indiana fee schedule will be priced at the “lowest non-zero...

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August 19-23 is CRT Awareness Week…. and the perfect time to contact your legislators in support of House and Senate CRT legislation! 

Please take a minute to help us build co-sponsor support for bills that would permanently exclude manual CRT wheelchairs from bidding-derived pricing and also protect manual CRT accessories, as well as for legislation providing a Separate Benefit for CRT.

Legislation to protect manual CRT wheelchairs and accessories...

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DMECBPEDUCATION.com shows durable medical equipment suppliers how new CMS rules affect bidding for lead and non-lead items and how single payment amounts would compare to current Medicare rates Website features interactive calculator tool

Washington, DC –– A new website has been launched to prepare durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers for Medicare's Round 2021 of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program...

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In early March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced major changes to the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, & Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program for 2021, including plans to consolidate the competitive bidding areas (CBAs) included in the Round 2 Re-compete and Round 1 2017 DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program into a single round of competition named “Round 2021.” 

The changes are large in scale and are coming fast. Starting...

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Big changes are coming to the DME competitive bidding program this year. When the Round 2021 bidding window opens on July 16, bidders will notice significant changes to how Medicare’s Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, & Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program works. 

Make sure you’re prepared! AAHomecare is teaming up with other industry leaders to offer an exclusive educational webinar to help bidders understand the new process. 

Register...

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Contact: Gordon Barnes, gordonb@aahomecare.org, 202.372.0759

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 19, 2019)—The Tennessee State Legislature has enacted legislation establishing “separate benefit” status for...

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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. 

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In late 2018, CMS requested feedback on the inclusion of ventilators (E0465, E0466, E0467) and braces in the DMEPOS competitive bidding program. AAHomecare responded with comments strongly opposing inclusion of ventilators to the program due to the complexity of providing ventilator services to patients and due to the intensive and continual care these patients need. Ventilators are life support systems that replace or support normal ventilatory lung function, it is a DME item that is unlike any...

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