Competitive Bidding

Moving MPP Forward

Strategy refined to replace competitive bidding

Diabetes and Demand

Competitive bidding rattles the diabetic HME supply market.

Notable & Quotable

AAHomecare meeting fertile ground for colorful quotes

AAHomecare publicizes beneficiary complaints in Round 1 areas

Mar 12, 2012 – AAHomecare widely circulated a news release Thursday citing Medicare beneficiary difficulties accessing home...

Capitol Hill briefing added for Competitive Bidding Program

Mar 12, 2012 – Officials from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Wednesday, March 14, will brief staff...

Senate staff briefing set March 14 on competitive bidding

Mar 05, 2012 – Senate staff members are scheduled for an update next week on Medicare’s controversial Competitive Bidding...

Covered document review deadline this Wednesday

Feb 28, 2012 – To be eligible for notification of any missing financial documents, the deadline for submitting hard copy...

AAHomecare urges providers to push for Market Pricing Program

Feb 28, 2012 – The American Association for Homecare last week urged providers to continue to push for the Market Pricing...

Medicare beneficiaries express alarm over competitive bidding

Feb 28, 2012 – Twenty-one Philadelphia-area Medicare beneficiaries sent a letter to Pennsylvania’s two senators last...

Obama budget would extend competitive bidding to Medicaid

Feb 28, 2012 – President Obama’s budget proposal would slash reimbursement to state Medicaid programs for beneficiaries...