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:

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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.

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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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Medtrade West – If You Don’t Go, You Won’t Know

We like to talk about how much you can gain by attending Medtrade West, but on the flipside there is so much you miss if you don’t make the trip. For example, you will miss the opportunity to find a range of new and updated products that could well improve your company’s bottom line.   Once you find those products, you can speak to the manufacturer in person (at the booth) and get a feel for his/her integrity,...

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AAHomecare Statement on the Confirmation of Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as CMS Administrator

The American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) congratulates Chiquita Brooks-LaSure on her confirmation as CMS Administrator. Her experience in roles at CMS, HHS, and on Capitol Hill provide a solid foundation for her work leading Federal healthcare programs that support the health and well-being of millions of individuals in every community in America.

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Strong Ventilator Coverage Provisions Advance in Louisiana

On Wednesday, the Louisiana House of Representative passed HB 594, legislation to prevent insurers, MCOs, and other payers from setting reimbursement caps for ventilators. AAHomecare joined Louisiana HME stakeholders to support the legislation and helped convince key legislators to remove proposed amendments that could have capped costs for non-invasive ventilators and restricted HME suppliers’ ability to provide important service...

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Higher Product Costs and Supply Chain Bottlenecks Continue to Challenge HME 

Even as vaccination rates grow and new cases of COVID-19 are slowing nationwide, HME suppliers and manufacturers remain in the grip of another side effect of the pandemic: higher product costs and increased operational expenses.

HME suppliers first began seeing these impacts in early 2020, as demand for personal protective equipment (PPE) surged, with shortages and higher costs quickly following....

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