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CNN: Medicare overpays for wheelchairs

CNN: Medicare overpays for wheelchairs

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Liz Beaulieu Head Shot

By Liz Beaulieu, Editor

Updated Tue July 21, 2009

The mainstream media (and whoever has their ear) has impeccable timing when it comes to haranguing the HME industry. CNN aired a segment last night about how the answer to Medicare's problem of overpaying for wheelchairs is national competitive bidding. This just as the industry works to get a bill introduced to eliminate the program (We reported in yesterday's NewsWire that the bill is "imminent.").

Liz Beaulieu

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