| • |
April
26, 2006 - AAHomecare Washington Update - Articles:
CMS Issues Proposed Competitive Bidding Rule: AAHomecare Begins Work on
Comments; Oxygen Alert: Urge Congress to Repeal DRA Oxygen Provisions;
AAHomecare Sends Letter to CMS Detailing Concerns about Oxygen
Implementation; New HHABNs Effective June 1: CMS Responds to HHA's
Questions; Senator Collins Seeks Signatures for Home Health Letter;
Leadership Conference May 7-9; Heartland June 12-15; Washington Fly-In
June 19-20; |
| • |
April
19, 2006 - AAHomecare Washington Update - Articles:
Make Homecare an Election-Year Priority! Letters, Talking Points Are on
the Web; Leavitt Warns U.S. Is Not Prepared for Pandemic, Homecare Will
Play Role in Response; Mark Calendars for Key Homecare Events:
Leadership, Heartland, Legislative Fly-In; CMS Selects Five Home Health
Agencies to Start Medical Adult Day Care Demonstration Project; |
| • |
February
22, 2006 - AAHomecare Washington Update - Articles:
Q&A About the Deficit Reduction Act; AAHomecare Commissions Oxygen
Cost Study from Morrison Informatics, Inc.; New Advanced Beneficiary
Notice Policy Kicks in on May 30 for Home Health; Stakeholders Meet with
CMS on DME Medicare Administrative Contractor Transition; Three
Hobson-Tanner Cosponsors Join List; AAHomecare Leadership Conference;
Next CMS Open Door Forum for Home Health and HME is February 28; |
| • |
February
8, 2006 - AAHomecare Washington Update - Articles:
AAHomecare Will Fight Proposed Cuts to Homecare in President's 2007
Budget; Questions
and Answers about the New Capped Rental Oxygen and HME Law; Final
Home Health Resource Group Payments Should Resume Friday; New
Hobson-Tanner Cosponsors Expand Support for H.R. 3559; CMS Open Door
Forum is Re-Scheduled for February 28; |
| • |
February
2006 - AAHomecare Washington Update - Article:
Responses to Congressional Arguments in Favor of Changes to Oxygen
Policy |
| • |
February
2006 - AAHomecare Washington Update - Article:
Freeze on Home Health Reimbursement is Unwarranted |
| • |
February
1, 2006 - AAHomecare Washington Update - Articles:
House Narrowly Approves Budget Bill with Harmful Provisions for
Homecare; House Vote Followed Intense Lobbying Effort by Homecare
Community; President Hints at New Cuts for Medicare; AAHomecare Not
Surprised but Disappointed with Final Rule on Ventilators, NPPVs; CMS
Will Hold February 14 Open Door for Home Health, Hospice, DME; |
| • |
Fall
2005 - AAHomecare Washington Wrap-Up - Articles:
President's Corner; Preserving the Radical Efficiency of Homecare;
AAHomecare Hurricane Katrina Information; Reflections from a Year as
Chairman (by Tim Pontius); Washington Leadership Conference 2005;
AAHomecare Council and Committee Spotlight; New AAHomecare Member
Profile and New Members; Calendar of Events; State Leaders Council; From
the American Association for Homecare Grassroots Toolbox; The Value of
Homecare; |
| • |
April
21, 2005
- AAHomecare Washington Update - Articles:
CMS Announces More Focus Groups for Small HME Providers on
"Competitive Bidding" and Seeks Email Feedback; |
| • |
April
20, 2005
- Articles:
House Aide Warns of "Numerous" Legislative Changes to
Medicare; Secretary Leavitt Says Homecare is "Radically More
Efficient"; New Hampshire Homecare Association Takes State to Court
Over Medicaid Pay; Next CMS Home Health, Hospice & DME Open Door is
April 21; |
| • |
March
23, 2005
- Articles:
CMS Needs Small DMEs for Competitive Bidding Focus Groups at Medtrade;
ASP Drug File; Coming Open Door Forums at CMS; CMS Hires Ombudsman for
Medicare; |
| • |
March
18, 2005
- Articles:
Senate Passes Smith Amendment to Prevent 2006 Medicaid Cuts; CMS Issues
Draft Guidance on National Coverage Determination Process; Medtrade and
AAHomecare's Washington Leadership Conferences; |
| • |
February
16, 2005
- Articles:
AAHomecare Launches Gap-Fill Study; Congressional Group Proposes Study
and Year Delay for any Medicaid Reform; Happy with Your Medicare
Contractor? CMS Seeks Feedback from Providers; Come to Medtrade and
AAHomecare Washington Leadership Conferences; |
| • |
January
26, 2005
- Articles:
Homecare Industry Must Speak Up in Face of Deficit and Cost-Cutting
Pressure; Providers Have Opportunity to Evaluate CMS Contractors;
Enteral Billing Details Are Provided; |
| • |
January
19, 2005
- Articles:
January Open Door Forums; Next Competitive Bidding Oversight Meeting (PAOC)
is February 28-March 2; Oxygen to Paid at 2004 Amounts Until 2005 Fee
Schedule is Set; OIG Exclusion List Posted on the Web |
| • |
January
18, 2005
- Articles:
Rural Add-on Payment Expires in April - Urge Congress to Support H.R.
11; AAHomecare Helps to Re-establish the Home Care Coalition; OASIS
Tools Available on CMS Website |
| • |
January
12, 2005
- Articles:
Oxygen News Expected in Coming Week; Medicaid Squeeze Puts a Spotlight
on the Cost Effectiveness of Homecare in U.S.; Clarification on
Inhalation Drug Codes |
| • |
Winter
2005 - Washington
Quarterly Wrap-Up - Articles: President's Corner; AAHomecare Progress in
2004: Achieving Results, Effecting Change; AAHomecare Committees and
Councils Tackle Full Agendas; Electronic CMNs Are Here; AAHomecare
Membership Is an Investment in Your Business; To Strengthen Homecare,
Make Your Voice Heard in Washington, June 7-10; AAHomecare Calendar of
Events; |
| • |
December
15, 2004 - Articles:
Leavitt Nominated for HHS Secretary; GAO Recommends Actions to Curb
Abuse of Power Wheelchair Benefit; HHS Won't Pursue Advisory Opinions;
AAHomecare Office Closed Dec. 27-31; HHS Inspector General Seeks Comment
on Anti-Kickback Safe Harbors; CMS Will Try to Reduce Medicare Payment
Error Rates; Medicare Opens National Coverage Determination for
Wheelchairs; |
| • |
December
8, 2004 - Articles:
Industry Discusses Key Competitive Bidding Concerns at PAOC Meeting;
Medicare Announces Chronic Care Improvement Programs; Draft Guidelines
for Preventing TB in Health-Care Setting Issued by CDC; Medicare Sets Up
26 Medicare Advantage Regions, 34 Prescription Drub Regions; |
| • |
November
19, 2004 - Special
Update: Medicare Fees for DME Items in 2005; |
| • |
November
10, 2004 - Articles:
Lawmakers Return Next Week to Finish Business - 109th Congress Takes
Shape; National Homecare Month Activities; CMS Lists Lab Tests Waived
Under CLIA; |
| • |
November
3, 2004 - Young
Medical is proud to have led the efforts to get this decision from CMS,
which will enable most companies to continue offering the respiratory
medication services to Medicare beneficiaries. Article:
Homecare Win: CMS Sets $57 Monthly Dispensing Fee for Inhalation
Therapy; |
| • |
October
20, 2004 - Articles:
CMS Issues Home Health Payment Rates, Updates for 2005; November is
National Homecare Month; AAHomecare Cites Concerns on Home Health
Consensus Standards to NQF; CMS Unveils Demonstration Project for
Managing Highest-Cost Beneficiaries; Now Available: The AAHomecare 2004
Financial Performance Survey; |
| • |
October
8, 2004 - Articles:
Competitive Bidding Committee at CMS Discusses Next Steps,
Implementation; Coding Changes Are Proposed by CMS Council of
Technology; FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Quality Approach to
Pharmaceuticals; |
| • |
October
6, 2004 - Articles:
Enlist Homecare Champions in Congress by Urging More Cosponsors for HR
4491; Technical Advisory Panel on Medicate Trustee Reports Will Meet
October 15th; CMS Posts 2004 Fee Schedule for Wheelchair Seat and Back
Cushions; |
| • |
September
29, 2004 - Articles:
Urge Members of Congress to Champion Homecare by Cosponsoring H.R. 4491;
CMS Will Develop Guidance Documents for National Coverage
Determinations; CMS Asks for Public Comment on Certificates of Medical
Necessity; GAO Faults CMS PPO Demonstration; |
| • |
September
15, 2004 - Articles:
Critical Push for H.R. 4491 Cosponsors; Oxygen Price Update: OIG Report;
Homecare Community Scrambles to Prepare for Hurricane Ivan; Next Home
Health, Hospice & DME Open Door Forum - Sept. 22; 2005
"Washington Leadership and Legislative Conference" on June
7-10; Program Exclusion List for August; Continuum of Care Workshop -
Oct. 25; |
| • |
September
2, 2004 - Articles:
New Power Wheelchair Codes Unveiled at September 1 Open Door Forum;
National Quality Forum Draft Home Health Standards Expected Next Week;
Proposed Rule on Exclusions, Appeals; |
| • |
September
1, 2004 - Articles:
Remind Congress to Support Homecare; Open Door Covers Competitive
Bidding, Home Health, OASIS, Homebound Issues; Competitive Bidding Panel
Meets Oct. 6; See Web for Inhalation, ASP Cost Study; |
| • |
August
25, 2004 - Articles:
What's at Stake on January 1, 2005?; AAHomecare Raises Concern about
Transfer of Administrative Law Judges; New OIG Program Exclusions from
July; |
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