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CMS Announces Long-Term Relief on CRT Accessories
June 26, 2017
Categories: Blog
Policy Change Marks an Important Win for CRT Providers and Patients Who Depend on Highly Specialized Mobility Products The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that accessories for group 3 power Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) mobility products will continue to remain exempt from the application of competitive bidding derived pricing for Medicare beneficiaries. Congress has twice passed legislation delaying the application of bidding derived pricing, including a six-month...
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CMS Exempts CRT Accessories from Bidding-Derived Pricing
June 23, 2017
Categories: Press Releases
Policy Change Marks an Important Win for CRT Providers and Patients Who Depend on Highly Specialized Mobility Products The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced that accessories for group 3 power Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) mobility products will continue to remain exempt from the application of competitive bidding derived pricing for Medicare beneficiaries. Congress has twice passed legislation delaying the application of bidding derived pricing, including a six-month...
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Congress Affirms Strong Support for Home Medical Equipment Policy Reforms
June 15, 2017
Categories: Press Releases
154 LAWMAKERS ASK HHS & CMS TO ADDRESS BIDDING PROGRAM & OTHER HME PRIORITY ISSUES More than one-third of the members of the U.S. House of Representatives have come together to ask Federal regulators to enact policy reforms to protect Medicare beneficiary access to essential home medical equipment (HME) products and related services. In their letter to leaders of the Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), 154 House members affirm...
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Drive DeVilbiss Steps Up Its Support for HME Sector
June 13, 2017
Categories: Press Releases
PLATINUM LEVEL SPONSORSHIP OF AAHOMECARE IS AN INVESTMENT THAT BENEFITS SUPPLIERS NATIONWIDE TUE, JUNE 13, 2017 WASHINGTON, DC Drive DeVilbiss Healthcare is taking on an expanded leadership role in the home medical equipment (HME) sector by becoming the only HME manufacturer supporting the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) as a Platinum-level partner, the highest sponsorship category for the Association. “We’re proud that we can increase our support for AAHomecare’s...