Tag: state licensure
Deja vu: Concerns resurface in Round 2 re-compete
April 29, 2016Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - Industry stakeholders have begun the monumental task of analyzing the newest competitive bid contract suppliers.
“We're trying to get a feel for who won the most contracts in what product categories,” said Kim Brummett, vice president of regulatory affairs for AAHomecare.“One of the things we are looking at, since the pricing was lower, are they mostly the big nationals or are we still dealing with mom and pops that won hundreds of contracts.”
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HOMES gets pharmacy license requirement for DME dropped
October 2, 2015HME News Staff
AUGUSTA, Maine - The National Suppliers Clearinghouse will remove the pharmacy license requirement for certain DME items in Maine, the Home Medical Equipment and Services Association of New England has reported. To obtain such a license, a provider had to have a pharmacist in charge or PIC, not appropriate for DME providers, HOMES argued. The association began working on this issue last summer, when the NSC updated its State License Directory to include a requirement for a pharmacy license for some...