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05/10/13 - Join us in Washington, D.C. for AAHomecare's Legislative Conference

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on May 10, 2013

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The AAHomecare Washington Legislative Conference is your opportunity to make your case to Congress and discuss how the soon-to-expand-nationwide Medicare bidding program and other administrative actions affect your patients and your business. For two days in May, you need to come to Washington and become a lobbyist to fight for and protect the homecare community.

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05/10/13 - The 90/10 rule and the 2.5% who likely created the chaos in the bidding program

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on May 10, 2013

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Commentary by Rob Brant

On April 8, 2013 Medicare released the list of Round Two contracted suppliers along with the following statement:

"For Round 2, CMS has awarded 13,126 DMEPOS competitive bidding program contracts to 799* suppliers." The CMS Fact Sheet also mentioned that, "90 percent of contract suppliers are already established in the competitive bidding area, the product category, or both."

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04/25/13 - MPP Bill, HR1717 introduced with 25 Cosponsors

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Apr 26, 2013

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Commentary by Rob Brant

Yesterday, Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) introduced an updated Market Pricing Program bill for the 113th Congress.

The Thomas.gov website does not have a link to the text of the bill's language yet, but it will replace the current flawed bidding program in Home Medical Equipment with the Market Pricing Program. The MPP will require binding bids, transparency from CMS and collateral from bidders in order to participate.

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04/22/13 - CBIC threatens to breach supplier contracts without physical locations in Tennessee

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Apr 23, 2013

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Commentary by Rob Brant

Last week, AMEPA was notified about a letter sent by the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor to contracted suppliers for CBA's in Tennessee, who may not have a physical location in the state.

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04/10/13 - Round 2 contracted suppliers are available

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Apr 11, 2013

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Medicare has made it possible to view the Round 2 contracted suppliers within each Bidding Area by following these steps:

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04/10/13 - 5 years later, CMS still can't get it right

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Apr 10, 2013

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Commentary by Rob Brant

Five years ago today, on April 10th, 2008, AMEPA held our inaugural meeting in a packed ballroom in the Fort Lauderdale-Airport Sheraton Hotel. That was three weeks after the original Round One bid rates were announced and about 6 weeks before the lists of contracted suppliers were published.

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04/10/13 - On our way to 10,000 names on our petition

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Apr 10, 2013

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Congratulations to T.C. from Canton, GA, #7,000 on our petition. Our industry petition will expire in just 6 days, on Tuesday, April 16th at 11:59 PM. Help us gain 10,000+

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04/09/13 - HowToSavePatientAccess.com offers instructions, shortcuts & materials to add more in petition's final 8 days

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Apr 09, 2013

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Our industry petition will expire in just 7 days, on Tuesday, April 16th at 11:59 PM.

A "one stop shop", www.HowToSavePatientAccess.com, has been created which offers a brief explanation of the current CB crisis, the MPP solution, as well as, instructions, shortcuts & materials to add more names in the petition's final 8 days.

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03/22/13 - Spring is here: When will Round 2 "Bid Winners" and Recompete Rates bloom?

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Mar 22, 2013

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By Rob Brant,

The Vernal Equinox arrived on Wednesday, and next up for the CBIC's timeline is:

Round Two and National Mail Order:

Spring 2013* - CMS announces contract suppliers, begins contract supplier education campaign

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03/22/13 - U.S. Representatives Price and Elmers defend HR6490 in USA Today rebuttal

Posted by: Rob Brant in News Anounces on Mar 22, 2013

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Yesterday, HR6490 sponsor, Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) and initial co-sponsor, Rep. Renee Elmers (R-NC) responded to criticism in a scathing USA Today opinion piece in support of Medicare's bidding utopia:

Medicare bidding program: Objections

USA Today, March 21, 2013, 9 p.m. EDT

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05/10/13 - Join us in Washington, D.C. for AAHomecare's Legislative Conference

05/10/13 - The 90/10 rule and the 2.5% who likely created the chaos in the bidding program

04/25/13 - MPP Bill, HR1717 introduced with 25 Cosponsors

04/22/13 - CBIC threatens to breach supplier contracts without physical locations in Tennessee

04/10/13 - Round 2 contracted suppliers are available

04/10/13 - 5 years later, CMS still can't get it right

04/10/13 - On our way to 10,000 names on our petition

04/09/13 - HowToSavePatientAccess.com offers instructions, shortcuts & materials to add more in petition's final 8 days

03/22/13 - Spring is here: When will Round 2 "Bid Winners" and Recompete Rates bloom?

03/22/13 - U.S. Representatives Price and Elmers defend HR6490 in USA Today rebuttal

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