Tiberi Adds Letter to CMS’ Stack

WASHINGTON — In another letter addressed to HHS Secretary
Kathleen Sebelius and CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, Rep.
Patrick Tiberi, R-Ohio, asked whether or not CMS is considering
changes to the competitive
bidding program that many of the country’s top economists say
it needs.

“I understand you have received information from a group of 165
experts in theory and practice of auctions highlighting
their concerns about the program,” Tiberi wrote in the Oct 27
letter. “I also understand that inquires about whether or not CMS
is considering changes to the program have been made, but no
information has been provided.” Just two days before on Oct. 25,
Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, wrote the health care honchos asking for
a response to the economists’ concerns and also calling for a delay
of the bid program.

Read Tiberi’s letter on the VGM website.

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