HME News: OIG outlines work plan
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) has several new HME-related projects in the works for 2014, including a review of the reasonableness of the Medicare fee schedule. In its recently …
Proposed Medicare Changes Threaten Nation’s Most Vulnerable
Despite the fact that Medicare’s per capita cost increases are at historic lows, policymakers continue to look for ways to put new constraints on program spending. There’s nothing inherently wrong …
H.R. 1717 GAINS TWO MORE CO-SPONSORS
H.R. 1717, a bill that would replace competitive bidding with the industry’s market pricing program, continues to draw support. This week, two more lawmakers co-sponsored the legislation, which was introduced …
Medicare Changes Coming When Ron Wyden Takes Over Top Senate Finance Post
Medicare changes that would overhaul the way the national health care program cares for seniors with chronic conditions highlight a Medicare reform bill introduced this week by Oregon Democratic Senator …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …