Bill includes a one-year delay for applying bid prices per nationwide bid expansion to power CRT accessories.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 18, 2015
Providers urged to support 24-hour push to back new bill that would delay application of bid pricing to CRT accessories.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 17, 2015
Industry association leader explains next steps in reining in bid expansion.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 17, 2015
Legislative language that would have protected rural providers from bid expansion was not put into year-end omnibus spending bill; effort to back bid reform and CRT protection bills in House and Senate continues.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 17, 2015
Report examines prospects for rural patients in the wake of national bidding expansion.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 10, 2015
Providers urged to lobby on behalf of H.R. 4185 and S.2312 now, in hopes legislation can get attached to debt ceiling legislation before Dec. 11 vote.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 08, 2015
AAHomecare webinar outlines CMS’s bid expansion and how HME professionals can help reform that plan.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 03, 2015
As Jan. 1 expansion date approaches, providers and associations advance legislation to reform CMS’s plan.
- By David Kopf
- Dec 03, 2015
NCART calls on providers to continue their advocacy push to help protect CRT from bid expansion.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 19, 2015
S. 2312, the DME Access and Stabilization Act, would decrease expansion's impact on rural providers by altering pricing, timeline.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 19, 2015
House and Senate bills to protect CRT accessories from competitive bidding need more co-sponsors.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 12, 2015
Sen. Heitkamp joins Sen. Thune as original co-sponsor of nascent legislation that would fix many of the flaws in CMS’s national expansion of competitive bidding.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 12, 2015
Lawmakers have until Nov. 16 to sign Rep. Tipton’s letter to Ways and Means leaders that calls attention to consequences of bid expansion.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 05, 2015
Association says House, Senate champions need providers to convince more lawmakers to back H.R. 3229, S. 2196.
- By David Kopf
- Nov 05, 2015
CMS will expand competitive bidding nationally starting Jan 1, but do you understand how it plans to implement that rollout?
Business Solutions
As CMS prepares for the nationwide expansion of competitive bidding, mobility providers find themselves at the tip of the spear. In addition to taking massive reimbursement cuts, CMS is using the opportunity to go after complex rehab — again. How can providers protect their businesses, as well as beneficiary access to medical equipment?
- By David Kopf
- Nov 01, 2015
Editor's Note
Did CMS try to pull a fast one with complex rehab technology when it comes to the national competitive bidding expansion?
- By David Kopf
- Nov 01, 2015
Association details efforts behind evolving legislation that would fix CMS’s competitive bidding expansion at Medtrade Washington Update.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 30, 2015
Office’s latest report recommends either CMS apply Medicare bid pricing to Medicaid programs, and Medicaids implement their own bid programs.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 15, 2015
Sixty-four percent of the areas outside of Round One and Two CBAs will be classified as rural.
- By David Kopf
- Oct 08, 2015