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What’s Inside:
Breaking Into Compression . . . . . . . 24 News, Trends & Analysis . . . . . . . . . . 8
Support Surface Longevity. . . . . . . . . 12 Audits:TheRACisBack ........... 14 Medtrade Spring Products . . . . . . . . . .16 LeveragingMobileHealth.......... 34
Fingers Crossed!
Providers might finally get a break on Capitol Hill.
A Ray of Much-
Needed Hope
Shines on the
HME Industry
After years of struggling through a hostile regulatory and legislative climate — thanks primarily to the competitive bidding program — the industry is finally feeling some well-deserved optimism.
There was a while where competi- tive bidding seemed like a fact of life and any and all efforts to achieve even the smallest reforms took not only multiple legislative attempts, but multiple Congresses to achieve.
But, the recent general election brought a President that has priori- tized deregulation and who has put leadership in place at the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that is sympathetic to the industry’s concerns and needs. Moreover, there is a Congress in place that is willing to coordinate with those agencies to advance the kind of legis- lation that will benefit the industry.
Finally, the industry will work with its regulators instead of fight them. Bearing that in mind, what are the industry’s most pressing legislative and regulatory priorities, and how should it go about working to achieve those objectives?
Read this month’s cover story to learn more about how the industry’s prospects have improved on Capitol Hill and how the industry will move forward.
Legislative
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