Posted by: Rob Brant
on Feb 12, 2010
Buena Park, CA - Over 70 HME Providers, manufacturer's representatives, oxygen patients and other industry advocates attended the Southern California Rally for HR-3790 hosted by AMEPA and the California Association of Medical Product Suppliers (CAMPS).
Rob Brant, AMEPA President, opened the meeting by introducing a member of Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez's (D-Garden Grove, CA) district staff. The conference room erupted into applause as the announcement was made that Congresswoman Sanchez has agreed to co-sponsor HR-3790, unofficially moving the total up to 141.
Posted by: Rob Brant
on Jun 05, 2009
"Medicare told me they resolved the problems from last year's competitive bidding program, but if you hear differently at the PAOC meeting, I want to know about it"
That's what Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Lake County, FL), who serves on the Health Subcommittee of Ways and Means told me on Wednesday afternoon during a meeting in her Washington office.
Unfortunately for her constituents in the round one Orlando MSA, little has changed. The Competitive Bidding program in DMEPOS is still a bid without financial accountability that will still allow unqualified companies to low ball bid to achieve their goal: not the ability to continue serving patients, but to sell their company after winning the bid.
Posted by: Rob Brant
on Jun 04, 2009
Attendee at the PAOC meeting, happening today in Baltimore, MD
This morning at the PAOC meeting in Baltimore, CMS released a tentatitive timeline which announced that Competitive Bidding would not be implemented until January 2011. This is a surprise and relief for the industry which anticipated a rush to apply the first round MSA's by the Spring/Summer of 2010
