February 2005

When President Bush signed the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) in December 2003, the nation focused on the law's unprecedented prescription drug benefit for Medicare. But buried in the mammoth legal document is a provision mandating competitive bidding for DME.
His title may be vice president of marketing for the Americas at San Diego-based ResMed, but Ron F. Richard is also a tireless advocate for home care.
It's no secret that rehab providers have always faced some tricky reimbursement challenges. Finding the funding for technology advancements and quality-of-life

The next meeting of the Program Advisory and Oversight Committee (PAOC), charged with advising CMS on implementing competitive bidding in 2007, is scheduled