When Medicare says “more to come…” about Home health, DME, and hospice open door forums regarding pharmacies providing & billing #Medicare for #DME. More details to come… What exactly do they mean…
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The US Medicaid Program Set To Grow At Double GDP Growth
CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) announced that their actuarial report shows that Medicaid is set to grow 7,9% per year for the next 10 years, or roughly double the GDP rate of the US. Good news for healthcare product manufacturers and providers if you believe the payer (reimbursement) side of the Porter model. [...]
George Bush Veto Of National Competitive Bidding Overturned By Congress and The Senate
The result of this embarrassing defeat for Bush is that National Competitive Bidding is delayed for 18 – 24 months. The homecare industry will however concede 9,5% in price reductions on previously awarded NCB products. When the rollback of awarded contracts will happen has yet to be determined, as will be the numerous law suits [...]
(Happy?) Birthday National Competitive Bidding – Medicare – Homecare
The program officially started today, with all the competing and conflicting flavors of a bitter sweet chocolate. Despite a last minute lobbying effort – and one missing vote, at least 3 failed lawsuits – the program started. “Industry” is saying that there is still a chance it will be reversed (temporarily) however that’s a long [...]
Healthcare – Central Europe – Take Note McCain, Clinton and Obama
In the heady days of Medicare cost cuts, national competitive bidding, healthcare industry protests, the political healthcare reform proposals of Clinton, Obama, McCain – as well as the Michael Moore take on all these things – here is a cost cutting solution from the prosperous central European country – the Czech Republic. Formally free doctor [...]
Was The George Bush Administration Good For Powered Mobility And Home Oxygen Therapy Consumers?
or, who should US voters vote for? According to AAHomecare even more cuts are planned.
It’s Not Just About Invacare And The Scooterstore And Competitive Bidding
It’s also about Asian sourcing, low barriers to product development and market entry – and who takes what and how much in the value chain. Invacare has just announced (HME News) that they will no longer sell powerchairs to the Scooter Store. This follows last weeks announcement from the Scooterstore recommending that higher end rehab [...]
National Competitive Bidding Homecare United States
Its official – CMS (Medicare – Medicaid) have gone public with a website to provide further information on National Competitive Bidding (NCB). This is yet another indication that NCB is coming sooner rather than later. Of particular interest is this statement “CMS has not set a deadline for DMEPOS suppliers to become accredited in order [...]
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