Home Health & Hospice Week
Competitive Bidding Program Advisory and Oversight Committee
1. Cara Bachenheimer - Vice President of Government Relations, Invacare Corp.
2. Mary Benhardus - Founder and controlling owner, Handi Medical Supply Inc.
3. Asela Cuervo - Senior Vice President, American Association for Homecare.
4. Lawrence Higby - President and CFO, Apria Healthcare Inc.
5. Rita Hostak - Vice President, Home Healthcare Group of Sunrise Medical Inc.
6. Dave Kazynski - President, Van G. Miller & Associates's HOMELINK division.
7. William Popomaronis - Vice President, Long-Term/Home Health Care Pharmacy Services, National Community Pharmacists Association.
8. Don Vliegenthart. M.D. - Medical Director, Hoveround Corp.
9. Daniel Waldmann - Director of Federal Affairs, Johnson & Johnson, Inc.
Other (clinicians, payers, accreditation organizations, consumer advocates):
10. Robert Baum - Program Manager for the Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service, Strategic Healthcare Group, Veterans Health Administration (VA) Central office, Washington, DC.
11. Henry Claypool - Expert adviser to Social Security Administration's Deputy Commissioner to advise on Interim Medical Benefits. Consumer advocate.
12. David Gray - Associate Professor of Neurology and Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy, Washington University School of Medicine.
13. Don Hawley, D.D.S. - Program Director, Utah Department of Health, Division of Utah Health Care Financing.
14. Anthony Filippis - President and CEO, Wright & Filippis. Practicing certified prosthetist/orthotist.
15. Alan McMullen - Cost Reimbursement Analyst, Medical Assistance Administration, Department of Social & Health Services, State of Washington.
16. Jean Minkel - Founder and President, Minkel Consulting. Specializes in Assistive technology.
17. Maryanne Popovich - Executive Director, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
18. John Prassas - Director, Corporate Provider Development & Contracting, PacifiCare Health Plans.
19. Chris Reisdorf - Manager, Benefit Policy Unit - Minnesota Health Care Programs - Medical Assistance, General Assistance Medical Care, and Minnesota Care programs.
20. David Van Sleet - Prosthetics Manager, Department of Veterans Affairs, New England Healthcare System.
21. Ken Viste, M.D. - Medical Director, Physical Rehabilitation Unit Mercy Medical Center and Staff Physician, St. Agnes Hospital.
Home Health & Hospice Week
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A whistleblower lawsuit attacking your home care [...] - Compensation:
CMS Shoots Down PRRB Ruling Favoring HHA
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Home health agencies continue to [...] - Competitive Bidding:
HME Industry Represented On Bidding Committee
CMS names committee a week-and-a-half before first meeting. Its duties may not be crystal clear [...] - Competitive Bidding Program Advisory and Oversight Committee
HME Industry Representatives:
1. Cara Bachenheimer - Vice President of Government Relations, Invacare Corp.
2. Mary Benhardus [...] - Regulations:
Discharge Orders Not Required, CMS To Say In SOM Corrections
Flu vaccines, homebound demonstration details also revealed in forum. Don't start revamping your policies and [...] - Reimbursement:
Some Suppliers May Dodge Drastic FEHBP Cuts
Find out if you are exempt from cuts to oxygen, diabetes supplies, hospital beds, air [...] - Industry Notes:
Medicare Contractor Customer Service Aims To Improve
Scathing GAO report produces results - but will they make a difference? Get ready for [...]
