A tentative timeline for the restart of competitive bidding was released at a June 4 meeting of the Program and Advisory Committee (PAOC): Spring 2009
Back in the day — the day being 1950 — when Merle Marx and his wife Jean opened Medical Service Company in Cleveland, business was all about doing the right thing.
Washington HME stakeholders went to Washington earlier this month with a message.
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On what Congress needs to know We're not really fraudulent. We're not overpaid. We're a small percentage of the whole pie.
We all realize federal legislators and regulators seem to think this industry is full of crooks, and that perception colors much of how HME providers are treated by Congress and CMS.
CMS has announced the next steps in its implementation of the Round One rebid of competitive bidding.
Saying it threatens the quality of beneficiary care and provider well-being, the AAHomecare's RATC called on the DME MAC medical directors to withdraw a new wheelchair repair policy.
The Independence Through Enhancement of Medicare and Medicaid (ITEM) Coalition, a consumer-led group of more than 70 seventy disability, aging, health and provider associations, has asked HHS to take wheelchair seating cushions out of competitive bidding.
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