Tag: First Choice Home Medical
Stakeholders detail 'alarming' situation in rural areas
September 16, 2016Liz Beaulieu, Editor
WASHINGTON - After a tough week in which CMS trumpeted its competitive bidding program for HME as having no impact on access, all the while creating significant savings, AAHomecare hit back.The association, with help from its recently engaged public relations firm DCI Group, held a teleconference for the media on Sept. 14 detailing how the roll out of bid pricing to rural areas on Jan. 1 and July 1 is having catastrophic effects on HME businesses and Medicare beneficiaries.“Six months is not...