tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2006 Issue 40

SUPPLIERS: Reimbursement Reductions May Compromise Your Patients' Access To Oxygen, PMDs

DME suppliers battle looming pay cuts.Two groups of stakeholders in the world of durable medical equipment (DME) are fighting separate battles over proposed Medicare cuts.Power mobility device (PMD) suppliers--faced with Medicare payment rates that will drop as much as 43 percent Nov. 15--are turning to Congress in their efforts against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) new fee schedule for PMDs.Sens. Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Rick Santorum (R-PA) sent an Oct. 13 letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Michael Leavitt, expressing concerns about the impact the cuts could have on...

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