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02/02/2010 Southern California HME Rally for HR-3790 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sean Schwighammer   

It is time to stand-up for our industry. Home Medical Equipment providers are making
their voices heard to support HR 3790, the bill to repeal the DMEPOS bidding program.

If competitive bidding proceeds

  • 90% of area Medicare providers will lose the ability to serve beneficiaries
  • Hundreds of businesses will close, thousands more Californians will be unemployed
  • Round 1 reimbursement cuts of over 30% can be implemented throughout California
  • California insurance companies will replicate Medicare Cuts
  • Most importantly, quality products and timely services will no longer exist

There will be information distributed, presentations, and lessons on how to engage
legislators for the benefit of all DME providers in California.

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10/26/09 Irresponsible Reporting - 60 Minutes DME story: 95% of Miami suppliers are phony PDF Print E-mail
Amepa News
Written by Rob Brant   
Last night 60 Minutes' lead story was another about DME fraud in Miami-Dade County. During the segment, correspondent Steve Kroft interviewed a convicted felon, "Tony", now serving 12 years for defrauding Medicare of $20 million. Below is a transcript from CBS from the last minute of the segment:

The Obama administration is providing Medicare with an additional $200 million to fight fraud as part of its stimulus package, and billions of dollars to computerize medical records and upgrade networks, which should help Medicare catch more phony charges.

But Tony, who has just begun serving his 12 year prison sentence, says there's no shortage of people in Miami waiting to take his place.

Asked how many people in Miami were doing this, Tony said, "I'd say at least 2,000 people. At least 2,000, 3,000 companies."

He estimated that less than five percent of these companies were legitimate.
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10/26/09 Update on HR 3790 - Budget Neutral Repeal of DMEPOS Bidding PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Rob Brant   

The bill has at least 38 co-sponsors including:

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10/23/09 50% of Oxygen Providers gone in Miami-Dade, LA & other counties PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Rob Brant   

The cost of maintaining accreditation, surety bonds and licensed Respiratory Therapists, combined with cuts in reimbursements and caps in monthly payments have finally caught up with oxygen providers. According to Medicare's website, in Los Angeles County, CA there are only 120 oxygen providers remaining, compared to the 258 which existed in April 2008. During the same time, Miami-Dade County, FL oxygen providers dropped from 401 to 205.

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