tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 1

DME: SUPPLIERS BID FAREWELL TO ANTI-BIDDING HOPES

No good news for DME in newly passed legislation.  The new prescription drug benefit is grabbing all the newspaper headlines, but front-page news for the durable medical equipment and home respiratory industry is the disastrous competitive bidding provision in the newly passed Medicare bill. House Republican leaders pulled out "a back room victory for a Medicare bill that will restrict access to quality medical care for millions of beneficiaries," American Association for Home-care President and CEO Kay Cox said upon its passage. The industry has "deep outrage over the potential damage that this bill will do to...

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