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The votes are in: Senate delays competitive bidding WASHINGTON - The Senate late this afternoon voted 69-30--a veto-proof margin, industry sources say--to pass a Medicare bill that would delay national competitive bidding.
The House of Representatives passed the bill 355-59 on June 24.
"It's unbelievable," said Cara Bachenheimer, senior vice ...
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Competitive bidding delay stands
WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives and the Senate voted late yesterday to override the president's veto of a Medicare bill that would delay national competitive bidding for 18 to 24 months.
The president vetoed the bill earlier in the ....
| Delay could leave contract winners holding the bag
YARMOUTH, Maine - It's unclear what compensation, if any, contract winners can seek now that national competitive bidding has been delayed.
"I feel cheated out of time, energy, money--you name it," said Edward Eubanks, one of the owners of Charlotte Respiratory ....
| Providers brace for delay aftershocks
YARMOUTH, Maine - A probable delay in national competitive bidding (NCB) has been hailed as an industry victory, but it comes with some significant challenges for providers and beneficiaries.
Provider Rob Brant, for example, has kept his referral sources and patients ....
| Delay details trickle in
WASHINGTON - CMS on Friday afternoon held a teleconference for beneficiaries on the delay of national competitive bidding, but it was providers who burned up the phone lines.
During a question-and-answer period, several providers queried CMS officials on the logistics of ....
| Oxygen: Providers could hang on to equipment ownership
WASHINGTON - Some relief could be on the way for oxygen providers.
A Medicare bill passed by the House of Representatives and Senate would, among other things, allow providers to retain ownership of their oxygen equipment. As part of the 36-month ....
| Oxygen cap remains a mystery
WASHINGTON - Providers participating in a teleconference on Friday afternoon pushed CMS officials for details on how they plan to pay for service and maintenance once the 36-month oxygen cap kicks in Jan. 1, 2009.
Providers discussed the cap during the ....
| Senate exposes 'dead-doctor' HME scam
WASHINGTON - Fraudulent home medical equipment providers have billed Medicare for up to $92.8 million using the IDs of dead physicians, members of a Senate subcommittee charged during a hearing last week.
"Using the ID numbers of dead doctors, these scam ....
| Proposal tightens CPAP policy
WASHINGTON - Under a new proposal, Medicare would not pay DME providers for a CPAP if the provider is affiliated directly or indirectly with providing the sleep test.
"Affiliated is the wild card here," said Clay Stribling, an attorney with Amarillo, ....
| Competitive bidding delay close to reality
WASHINGTON - The home medical equipment industry remained cautiously optimistic last week that, even if the president vetoes a Medicare bill that would delay national competitive bidding, there are enough votes in the Senate and the House of Representatives to ....
| Problems, confusion reign during bidding’s first week
WASHINGTON - Despite the HME industry's best efforts to derail it, competitive bidding kicked off on schedule July 1. Beneficiary confusion and some operational shortcomings at CMS kept providers and industry watchers busy during the program's first week.
Beneficiary confusion revolved ....
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