Public Comments Disclose Flaws in Medicare Program that Compromise Quality of Patient Care

WASHINGTON (April 18, 2014)—An array of clinicians and advocates for Medicare patients—as well as home medical equipment providers, manufacturers and trade groups—sharply oppose a proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand the prices of goods and services under their bid procurement program to non-bid areas throughout the country, says the American Association for Homecare (AAHomecare).