Tag: Golden Commode
Wall Street loves Lincare's chances under competitive bidding
June 25, 2010Mike Moran
A lot of big time Wall Street investors and hedge fund managers think that competitive bidding is going to be very, very good to Lincare. That's because, they say, Lincare has the economies of scale that will help it operate profitably once competitive bidding slashes Medicare reimbursement to the bone.
Sounds a lot like what the industry has been saying all along: Competitive bidding will benefit Lincare and other national companies that have the scale and resources to weather the reimbursement...
Deutsche Bank's sniffing around the HME industry, trying to dig up information on providers
March 12, 2010Mike Moran
Deutsche Bank, one of the largest banks in the world, is up to something.
Check out this phone conversation I had this morning with Darren Lehrich, a bank official.
- Hello, this is Darren.
- Darren. Hi. My name is Mike Moran, and I'm an editor at HME News. We're a business publication that covers the HME industry.
- Yes.
- An HME provider recently forwarded me a letter that I think you are sending out to folks to get a sense of what they plan to do in the Round One rebid.
- Ah, okay.
- I was wondering...