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CHEST and AAHomecare Release Oxygen Toolkit for Patient and Clinician Use
November 30, 2021
Categories: Oxygen Therapy, Press Releases
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 Oxygen Therapy Guide -- find it here An...
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AAHomecare Joins Respiratory Stakeholders in Asking CMS to Accept Prescription/SWO to Document Medical Necessity
October 4, 2021
Categories: Oxygen Therapy
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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Ryan Bullocks’s Resources for Navigating HME Payer Relations
September 22, 2020
Categories: Aeroflow, Blog, Oxygen Therapy
When payer issues arise, AAHomecare member Ryan Bullock knows where to turn. Ryan is the chief operating officer for Aeroflow Healthcare headquartered in North Carolina. In addition to being responsible for organizational operations across his company’s ten locations, he is actively involved in AAHomecare’s Medical Supplies Council and vice chair of the Payer Relations Council. The collective power of influence the Association has with payers has positively affected...
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Help Build Additional Support for Legislative Priorities
February 5, 2020
Categories: Competitive Bidding, Oxygen Therapy
Help Build Additional Support for Legislative Priorities We continue to work with our champions on Capitol Hill to advance HME policy priorities and increase our chances to have provisions from HR 2771 and HR 4945 included in future omnibus legislative packages. We urge individuals with providers, manufacturers, distributors, and other companies supporting the HME community to take action over the next few weeks to contact your representatives in the House and ask for them to co-sponsor...
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Oxygen Therapy & Sleep Policy
June 4, 2018
Categories: Oxygen Therapy, Sleep Policy
Rural Relief from unsustainable Home Oxygen Therapy Rates Join home oxygen therapy rural relief efforts by visiting the Action Center to send a message to elected officials requesting co-sponsorship of HR 4229, Protecting HOME Access Act. Issue Brief: Rural O2 Access Congressional Directory Background In addition to the drastic rate reductions for home oxygen therapy under the Competitive Bidding program, suppliers of this life sustaining, legend drug in rural and non-bid...
