June 20, 2008 – Absolute Home Health Care (AHHC) attends forum with Sen. Pat Roberts-KS (R). AHHC was invited to attend an interactive forum at Jaywhawk Pharmacy and Patient Supply in Topeka. The session focused on the difficulties of pharmacy providers and many Medicare patients have with expensive co-pays and insurance coverage. There was time for discussion on the many flaws with Medicare and CMS in relation to multiple aspects of health care including home health and durable medical equipment and the patient’s rights to select a provider of choice.
Overall, “it was very educational and informative process” said AHHC’s Business Director Con Olson. “Sen. Roberts hit the nail on the head. Lack of reimbursement and red tape are forcing many providers to simply give up and close. This may reduce the Medicare costs but at the expense of our clients. Meetings like this gives us a chance to explain our concerns to our Senators when they come back to Kansas. I hope that Sen. Roberts realizes the negative affects of what CMS sold to Congress as a great fix is in fact hurting both patients and providers.”
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Senator Roberts Talks about Pharmacies
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