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Sleep Study LCD Is Another False Alarm
ATLANTA--While it confused some in the HME industry and rattled others, a National Government Services' LCD for sleep studies issued last week was not the one that industry stakeholders are awaiting, according to Kelly Riley, director of the National Respiratory Network for Lubbock, Texas-based The MED Group. ...
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NAIMES Petition Tops 5,000 Signatures
HALIFAX, Va.--In late February, the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers introduced an online petition to stop competitive bidding. ...
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AAHomecare Sets DC Fly-In to Stop Round One
ARLINGTON, Va.--As part of a push to suspend round one of competitive bidding, the American Association for Homecare announced Friday it will hold a Washington fly-in May 21 “to convince Congress to take action to address the numerous problems that plague the bidding program...
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Note to Providers: Don't Miss Out on CMS Education
BALTIMORE--Providers who are not tapping into CMS' educational articles might be missing critical information that could help them do business better in the competitive bidding environment, according to Mark Higley, vice president of development for Waterloo, Iowa-based VGM Group...
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CMS Contract Chart Sparks Blaze of Questions
ATLANTA--Hoping for a helpful tool to evaluate competitive bidding contract offers, providers instead reaped a load of troubling questions when CMS revealed the number of contracts it had offered for round one, HME stakeholders said last week. ...
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What Exactly Does That 64 Percent Mean?
ATLANTA--According to Dave McCausland, CMS' recent announcement that 64 percent of the contract winners in round one of competitive bidding are small providers “may fall under the category of 'statistics can prove anything.'” ...
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Complex Rehab Stakeholders: 'It's Bad'
ATLANTA--The industry is reeling from the across-the-board cuts set in round one of competitive bidding, but nowhere is this more true than in the complex rehab sector....
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Round One Costs, Errors, Transition Get Attention at Open Door
BALTIMORE--Last Wednesday's Open Door Forum started out as same ol', same ol'--reemphasis on accreditation deadlines and basic information on competitive bidding--but when CMS officials began fielding questions from the teleconference's more than 400 listeners, things got a bit more interesting. ...
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New Provider Group Forms
MIAMI--Competitive bidding has thrown HME into a veritable hurricane of activity--and, amid appeals to CMS, letters to Congress and preliminary moves by various industry groups toward legal action, a new organization has also come on the scene. ...
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Industry Battles Bungled Bid Exclusions in Congress, Court
ATLANTA--As complaints of mishandled bids continue to pour in, industry organizations including the American Association for Homecare, VGM and the National Association of Independent Medical Equipment Suppliers are rallying providers to fight what many see as yet another miscarriage of justice in a fatally flawed program. ...
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Round One Rate Anomalies Puzzle Stakeholders
ATLANTA--A week after CMS revealed the new fee schedule for DMEPOS items in the 10 MSAs in round one of competitive bidding, industry stakeholders were still reeling from the potential effects of the figures...
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Round One Rates Add Up to Trouble, HME Stakeholders Say
ATLANTA--The fees are in, but the jury's still out when it comes to the impact competitive bidding will have on the home medical equipment market, according to industry stakeholders who got their first look last week at Medicare's reimbursement rates for round one of the program. ...
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PAMS Urges Caution in Accepting Round One Contracts
MECHANICSBURG, Pa.--In a notice sent Friday following CMS' announcement of round one bid pricing, the Pennsylvania Association of Medical Suppliers warned bid winners to “proceed with caution” before accepting a contract. ...
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Experts Say Round Two Deadlines Possible, but Start Accreditation Now
ATLANTA--Accrediting organizations are temporarily changing some procedures, ramping up training workshops and posting volumes of information on their Web sites in an attempt to help HME providers meet an Oct. 31 accreditation deadline for for round two of competitive bidding....
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