McCormick Place — Wellsense USA, the pioneer of bedside smart textile technology, unveiled a breakthrough product at this year’s National Teaching Institute and Critical Care Exposition sponsored by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) held in Chicago, Illinois from May 2nd through May 5th, 2011. The M.A.P…
In a letter signed by 58 patient advocacy groups and home medical equipment associations, the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare) urged Congress to pass H.R. 3790, a bill to repeal the Medicare competitive bidding program for durable medical equipment in a budget-neutral manner. The bill currently has 252 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives. View the letter here…
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The American Association for Homecare and its members applaud President Obama’s plan to support struggling small businesses by providing $15 billion in loans to loosen lines of credit. However, the President and the administration could do more and save thousands of additional small businesses in the Medicare home medical equipment (HME) sector by rescinding Bush’s last-minute “competitive” bidding regulations.
The American Association for Homecare (AAH) opposes the decision by the agency that oversees Medicare to cancel the accreditation deadline for durable medical equipment providers in the 70 metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. designated for Round Two of the Medicare competitive bidding program.