Archive - October 2016

When Medicare slashed funding for vital home medical equipment this summer by 50-80%, People for Quality Care saw an uptick in the number of callers having difficulty getting their needed equipment, services, and supplies. This is, in part, due to an increasing number of home medical equipment companies that are now having to file Medicare claims non-assigned, requiring beneficiaries to make up the difference in cost and the amount Medicare is willing to pay.  “I just a received a letter

Elected officials have left Washington D.C. to focus on the elections, and unfortunately, home medical equipment reform was tabled along with hundreds of issues.   What does this mean? It means that the government is still severely underfunding essential medical equipment. It means that problems are growing as beneficiaries have a harder and harder time getting the equipment, supplies, and services. It means that rural areas are losing their community resources forhomecare. It