Government Affairs – Summer 2016 Update

Government Affairs Committee Anne Carl BSN, CWON Medicare Competitive Bidding Program Ostomy and Urological supplies included in competitive bidding program for FY 2017 Obama budget. The WOCN® is concerned about the inclusion of the urological and ostomy supplies due...

Region Information Update

Dear Mideast Region Members, Hope all is well. Happy Spring!! The MER Board will be meeting April 9th in Dayton, Ohio to work on issues that were discussed at the membership meeting in October. We thank the Indiana Conference Planning Committee for their hard work and...

Government Affairs Update – Summer 2015

Government Affairs Update by Anne Carl, BSN, RN, CWON Email: cwon2009@gmail.com On June 22, 2015 the WOCN® Society submitted comments in response to the need for Medicare reimbursement for compression therapy to a US Senate finance committee looking at chronic care...