For Immediate Release          April 1, 2022

Integra Partners is expanding its support for the HME community as the latest company to join AAHomecare at the Diamond Corporate Partner level, as well as through an investment in in the industry-led DMEscripts e-prescribing platform.

Since its founding in 2005, Integra Partners has been recognized as a thought leader...

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Lake Court Medical Supplies, Inc. is excited to be a Bronze Corporate Partner with AAHomecare. This partnership shows Lake Court Medical’s continued support for improved policies and common-sense reform in our industry.

“For three decades we have lobbied alongside AAHomecare and other industry groups for the provider community”...

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For Immediate Release – January 10, 2022

DME ePrescribe company Parachute Health has reaffirmed its commitment to the provider community as AAHomecare’s newest Diamond-level corporate partner.

“We’re gratified to see another highly regarded company step up their support for high-impact DME public policy efforts at a critical time for this industry,” said Tom Ryan,...

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Washington D.C. – Stakeholders representing health care providers and end users with medical needs developed a white paper to educate payers and state Medicaid programs on the types of intermittent catheter products and services needed to successfully manage an individual’s urinary retention needs in a home-based setting...

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CHEST and AAHomecare release Oxygen Toolkit for patient and clinician use

The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) and The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) are releasing an Oxygen Toolkit supporting individuals who require supplemental oxygen and clinicians who prescribe supplemental oxygen to their patients.

Featured on the Oxygen Therapy pages of the CHEST Foundation website, the toolkit includes four components:

Complete...

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CCS Medical Joins AAHomecare’s Corporate Partner Roster

One of the nation’s leading providers of quality home-delivered medical supplies, CCS Medical, is proud to join the AAHomecare community of HME advocates as a Bronze-level Corporate Partner. CCS Medical is committed to supporting efforts that drive positive change throughout the HME industry and ensuring that all patients have reliable and affordable access to the care and products needed to achieve their health goals.

“All...

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AAHomecare Joins Respiratory Stakeholders in Asking CMS to Accept Prescription/SWO to Document Medical Necessity

AAHomecare is among 14 leading respiratory stakeholder groups asking CMS to eliminate medical record review and accept the clinician prescription/Standard Written Order (SWO) as the required documentation for establishing medical necessity, as it does for other prescription medications.  The signers also endorse an alternate approach to require clinicians to complete the existing...

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DMEscripts Announces Strategic Partnership Across Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Industry to Accelerate e-Prescribe Adoption

Alliance to Help DME Industry Scale Digital Prescribing Process for Prescriber, Patient and Supplier

Sept. 08, 2021 -- Leaders of the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) industry announced today the formation of DMEscripts LLC, an independent e-prescribe company dedicated to improving the patient, prescriber and provider experience by eliminating inefficiencies...

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Washington D.C. – Stakeholders representing health care providers and end users with medical needs developed a white paper to educate payers and state Medicaid programs on the types of products and services needed to successfully manage an individual’s bowel and bladder needs in a home-based setting to achieve the Triple Aim of improving patient experience and health outcomes while reducing overall cost.    An estimated 725,000-1,000,000 individuals in the United States...

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Persistence and Passion: CRT Accessories Win Culminates Multi-Year Effort

CMS’ decision to exempt manual CRT accessories from bidding-derived pricing culminates long-term, multi-stakeholder effort to protect CRT benefit.

In late 2014, CMS announced plans to begin using results from the competitive bidding program for standard power and manual wheelchair accessories to determine pricing for accessories CRT wheelchairs.  HME leaders and patient groups pushed back against...

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