Members of Congress sign AOPA letter
04/17/2013HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Thirty-five members of Congress—19 Democrats, 16 Republicans—agreed to sign a letter presented to them by members of American Orthotic & Prosthetic Association...
View ArticleHHS increases rewards for reporting fraud
04/25/2013HME News StaffWASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has proposed increasing to $9.9 million the rewards paid to Medicare beneficiaries and others whose tips about...
View ArticleAudits: AOPA vs. CMS
05/14/2013HME News StaffALEXANDRIA, Va. – The American Orthotic and Prosthetic Association (AOPA) has sued CMS over what it calls “unfair and unauthorized” auditing activities, according to a press...
View ArticleStrike Force takedown nets 89 medical professionals
05/15/2013HME News StaffWASHINGTON – The Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged 89 individuals with about $223 million in false billings, according to a press release from the Department of Justice...
View ArticleIndustry casts further doubt on bid process
05/17/2013Theresa FlahertyWASHINGTON – H.R. 1717 remains the HME industry’s No. 1 priority, but with time running out, stakeholders are again pressing for a delay in the July 1 start date of Round 2 of...
View ArticleProposed rule goes too far
05/31/2013Elizabeth DepreyWASHINGTON – Providers with high error rates could lose their billing privileges if a proposed rule takes effect.The Department of Health and Human Services published a...
View ArticleSenators introduce bill to improve Medicare transparency
06/19/2013HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., are reintroducing a bill to make Medicare claims and billing data more transparent, according to a press...
View ArticleAAHomecare, HME provider take CMS to court
06/20/2013HME News StaffWASHINGTON – AAHomecare and Havre de Grace, Md.-based Home Mediservice have filed a lawsuit against Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services...
View ArticleTalk about value
Michael Reinemer06/21/2013The home medical equipment sector needs to be part of the accelerating national conversation about healthcare costs, outcomes and value. While HME has to stay engaged in...
View ArticleLawmakers call on OIG to investigate competitive bidding
06/24/2013HME News StaffWASHINGTON – In a June 21 letter to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Reps. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., and Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, call on the agency to investigate the...
View ArticleBidding: AAH abandons lawsuit, lawmakers apply pressure
09/27/2013Theresa FlahertyWASHINGTON – AAHomecare has dropped its bid to stop competitive bidding in the courts.The association, along with Havre de Grace, Md.-based Home Mediservice, filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleHHS releases physician pay data
04/10/2014HME News StaffWASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services has released data on the services physicians provide to Medicare beneficiaries and how much they are paid. In the...
View ArticleSebelius resigns from HHS
04/11/2014HME News StaffWASHINGTON – Kathleen Sebelius has resigned after serving five years as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.President Barack Obama is expected to nominate...
View ArticleIn brief: AAH collects funds, Senate green-lights HHS chief
06/06/2014HME News StaffWASHINGTON – AAHomecare has kicked off a campaign to raise $250,000 in the next two years to develop and launch HME Audit Key, a tool to track audit activity. “This is a...
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