Tools & Resources
Valuable Resources To Help You Succeed
AAHomecare has curated the following resources for you to share with members of Congress, payers, and other stakeholders who could benefit from further knowledge about the industry. Below you will find a short description as well as the intended target audience to help you provide education about your services.
Definition of HME – Description of what home medical equipment is and what suppliers do for those who receive it.
Target Audience = payers, Medicare, Medicaid, state government agencies/legislators
Medical Supplies
Supporting Quality Standards with Adequate Reimbursement for Incontinence – Multi-stakeholder white paper explains the importance of ensuring adequate reimbursement for quality incontinence products by reputable HME providers to help players achieve the health care Triple Aim of improving end users’ experience and quality of life, creating better health outcomes, and reducing the overall cost of care.
Target Audience = payers, Medicaid, state government agencies/legislators
Woundcare Medicare FFS Billing Requirements – These educational resources address Medicare coverage and documentation requirements for surgical dressings. A PowerPoint PDF is also available. (Contact us if you would like to receive the working file PowerPoint)
Target Audience = referral sources, supplier community
Exempting Urological and Ostomy Supplies from Competitive Bidding – White paper explaining why ostomy and urological supply categories are not well suited for the Medicare Competitive Bidding Program.
Target Audience = Medicare, government agencies/legislators
Respiratory
Cost and Value of NIV in the Home – White paper addressing critical role of non-invasive ventilators in providing life support for medically fragile patients, the high touch nature and extensive service costs of NIV, and why NIV should be exempted from Competitive Bidding.
Target Audience = payers, Medicare, Medicaid, state government agencies/legislators
Non-invasive Ventilation at Home Improves Survival and Decreases Healthcare Utilization in Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with Chronic Respiratory Failure (Precision Health Study) - This study published in Respiratory Medicine, outlines how COPD patients with chronic respiratory failure have poor health outcomes but with non-invasive ventilation at home the risk mortality is significantly reduced. In addition, NIVH significantly reduced hospitalizations and ER visits and should be considered as a treatment option in more COPD-CRF patients.
Target Audience = payers, Medicare, Medicaid, state government agencies/legislators
Mobility & Complex Rehab
Understanding Differences in Standard Mobility & CRT – White paper explains key differences in standard mobility vs CRT in design, technology, and clinical involvement as well as billing processes.
Target Audience = payers, Medicare, Medicaid, government agencies/legislators
Retail
Retail Legal Guidance – Series of white papers developed by Brown & Fortunato to educate suppliers and manufacturers on legal aspects of retail.
Target Audience = HME community
- Marketing of Separate Retail company to Part B Customers
- Arrangements Between Manufacturers and DME Suppliers
- Minimum Advertised Price
- Billing Non-Assigned
- Selling at Retail
- Cash Sales of Medicare-Covered Items
Value of HME
To ensure that the HME Industry’s work in communities across America is understood and appreciated, AAHomecare is building out a library of resources to help the HME community share the Value of HME.
Target Audience = External stakeholders, including payers, governmental bodies, legislators, media, end users, referral sources
- HME’s Impact in the Pandemic
- HME's Impact in the Pandemic PPT Deck (PDF's)
- A day without an HME (Published by McKesson)