October 7, 2019
DREDF seeks individuals or organizations who have faced exclusions, monetary caps, or high cost-sharing on the coverage of needed medical equipment (e.g., wheelchairs, ventilators, or transfer lifts) in an individual or small group Kaiser health insurance plan.
Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary (CMS–10407)
April 4, 2016
All consumers need clear and accessible information. For consumers with disabilities, however, these needs become quite specific. That is, coverage information about such topics as the treatment of habilitation services and devices durable medical equipment, orthotics and prosthetics, prescription drugs, and mental health coverage is particularly important since these are items that enable people with chronic conditions and disabilities to remain functional in their lives and communities.
Methodology for Adjusting Payment Amounts for DMEPOS
April 15, 2014
Attention: CMS-1460-ANPRM, Medicare Program; Methodology for Adjusting Payment Amounts for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Using Information from Competitive Bidding Programs
It’s What We Hoped Would Happen: HEALTHCARE STORIES
January 12, 2014
It's absolutely satisfying to see DREDF's HEALTHCARE STORIES videos make their way into the hands of our primary target audiences: providers of healthcare services and medical educators. On January 24, 2014, Mary Lou Breslin will screen a selection of our HEALTHCARE STORIES at the University of California, San Francisco, one of the leading medical centers and schools in the US.
Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2013
May 22, 2013
Consumers, physicians and clinicians all agree that the current bidding program is disrupting the continuum of care by restricting consumers from going to their providers of choice in order to receive the appropriate items and services that they need. Enacting a market-based auction program will ensure that beneficiaries receive high-quality service and equipment that they have become accustomed to receiving and will lower health care costs by enabling beneficiaries to stay in their homes with the products and services on which they depend.
Proposed Accessibility Standards for Medical Diagnostic Equipment
June 8, 2012
Although the proposed technical criteria are intended to address most of the barriers that have been identified as affecting the accessibility and usability of medical diagnostic equipment, not every barrier is addressed in the proposed standards.
California’s Dual Eligibles Demonstration
May 8, 2012
Much of the language of California’s draft proposal is familiar from the stakeholder process, and laudable in its broad outlines. The state has consistently reiterated having the goals of coordinating state and federal public health care benefits for dual eligible, improving the availability and delivery of home- and community-based services (HCBS), preserving self-directed consumer care, and optimizing Medicare, Medi-Cal and state/county resources.
Medicare DMEPOS Market Pricing Program Act of 2012
March 31, 2012
H.R. 6490 establishes an independent auction program, known as the Market Pricing Program (MPP), for durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies.
Final Comments on Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs)
January 1, 2011
DREDF welcomes the opportunity to provide detailed, targeted responses to the questions posed by the Department in its four recent Advance Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRMs) to amend regulations issued under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
DME Bills in California
February 13, 2008
SB 1198 – Initiative to Remove Annual Benefit Limits on Durable Medical Equipment in Private Health Plans in California