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CMS suggests rewrites for bid program
July 1, 2016Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - A recently published proposed rule contains several tweaks to the competitive bidding program, a positive development for the HME industry, stakeholders say.Among the changes: CMS wants to move the bid ceiling to the 2015 fee schedule amounts.“CMS has realized that, where they are right now, the bidding program is not all its cracked up to be,” said Cara Bachenheimer, senior vice president of government relations for Invacare. “There's access and all these other issues,...
