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05/10/13 - The 90/10 rule and the 2.5% who likely created the chaos in the bidding program |
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On April 8, 2013 Medicare released the list of Round Two contracted suppliers along with the following statement:
"For Round 2, CMS has awarded 13,126 DMEPOS competitive bidding program contracts to 799* suppliers." The CMS Fact Sheet also mentioned that, "90 percent of contract suppliers are already established in the competitive bidding area, the product category, or both."
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04/22/13 - CBIC threatens to breach supplier contracts without physical locations in Tennessee |
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Last week, AMEPA was notified about a letter sent by the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor to contracted suppliers for CBA's in Tennessee, who may not have a physical location in the state. |
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04/10/13 - 5 years later, CMS still can't get it right |
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Five years ago today, on April 10th, 2008, AMEPA held our inaugural meeting in a packed ballroom in the Fort Lauderdale-Airport Sheraton Hotel. That was three weeks after the original Round One bid rates were announced and about 6 weeks before the lists of contracted suppliers were published.
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04/09/13 - HowToSavePatientAccess.com offers instructions, shortcuts & materials to add more in petition's final 8 days |
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Our industry petition will expire in just 7 days, on Tuesday, April 16th at 11:59 PM.
A "one stop shop", www.HowToSavePatientAccess.com, has been created which offers a brief explanation of the current CB crisis, the MPP solution, as well as, instructions, shortcuts & materials to add more names in the petition's final 8 days.
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04/25/13 - MPP Bill, HR1717 introduced with 25 Cosponsors |
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Yesterday, Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) introduced an updated Market Pricing Program bill for the 113th Congress.
The Thomas.gov website does not have a link to the text of the bill's language yet, but it will replace the current flawed bidding program in Home Medical Equipment with the Market Pricing Program. The MPP will require binding bids, transparency from CMS and collateral from bidders in order to participate.
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04/10/13 - On our way to 10,000 names on our petition |
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Congratulations to T.C. from Canton, GA, #7,000 on our petition. Our industry petition will expire in just 6 days, on Tuesday, April 16th at 11:59 PM. Help us gain 10,000+
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04/10/13 - Round 2 contracted suppliers are available |
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Medicare has made it possible to view the Round 2 contracted suppliers within each Bidding Area by following these steps: |
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Letter from 244 Concerned Auction Experts
