HME Business: Two More Lawmakers back MPP Bill
After adding two more lawmakers before the New Year, support for H.R. 1717, the bill that would replace CMS’s competitive bidding program with the industry’s market pricing program (MPP), has …
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Agency Announces Medicare appeals at ALJ on two year backlog
Medicare appeals at the administrative law judge level will be suspended for two years due to backlog, agency announces Long-term care providers filing to have a Medicare claims appeal heard …
ResMed launches AirFit P10 nasal pillows system
ResMed has announced the launch of the new ultra-light, ultra-quiet AirFit P10 nasal pillows system in the US market. Designed for the treatment of sleep-disordered breathing, the system weighs only …
No big changes at BCH, officials say
Officials from Community Health Systems, which owns Barstow Community Hospital, say their acquisition of Health Management Associates won’t have a significant effect on day-to-day operations at BCH. The merger joins …
Make therapy caps lower, streamline review process, MedPAC chairman urges House committee
Congress should set lower annual caps on Medicare reimbursements for outpatient therapy and streamline the manual review process for claims exceeding those caps, a Medicare policy expert told the House …
NC doctors file suit against state over Medicaid payments
A group of North Carolina doctors filed a class action lawsuit today seeking millions from the state over severely delayed Medicaid reimbursements. The suit says medical providers have been shorted …
Healthcare Organizations Plan “CyberRX”: First Industry-Wide Cyber Attack Exercise
HITRUST announced today that it will lead an industry-wide effort to conduct exercises to simulate cyber attacks on healthcare organizations, named CyberRX. The results will be used to evaluate the …
CMS replaces executives who departed after HealthCare.gov troubles
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has named replacements for two top executives who exited the agency after the botched rollout of the federal government’s online insurance exchange, HealthCare.gov. …