Competitive Bidding


HR-1041 Notches 6 More Backers

Bid repeal bill at 156 cosponsors as Congress approaches recess.

VGM Bidding Seminars Underway

Series of two-day events aims to give attendees the “ins and outs” of Round Two of competitive bidding.

Competitive Bidding Crossroads

Business Solutions

Competitive Bidding Crossroads

The industry finds itself at a crossroads when it comes to the fight against competitive bidding. The toxic program clearly needs to be repealed, but the current political environment might not be hospitable to that proposal. Can the industry live with a middle ground solution?

power mobility providers

Business Solutions

Solving the Power Mobility Puzzle

The removal of the first-month purchase option has forever changed the standard power mobility industry? How have they fared since implementation? What does the HHS Office of Inspector General’s recently increased efforts to call mobility funding into question portend?

Respiratory providers competitive bidding

Respiratory and Sleep Funding Outlook

School of Hard Knocks

If Round Two wasn’t on respiratory providers’ radar, it probably is now, making it a good time to look at the recent past to peer into the near future.

Disease Management

Disease Management

Hard Decisions

To HME providers and the industry as a whole, disease management has become a casualty of cuts, caps and competitive bidding.

Editor's Note

The Ultimate Bottom Line

If you believe that middle America is the true engine of the economic growth, then it is imperative that those residing in that economic sweet spot need to be regularly and gainfully employed so that they can invest back into the economy.

MedPAC Proposes Additional HME Cuts

Reimbursement reductions part of $230 billion plan to cover doc fix.

Observation Deck:

The NCB Focus Now Changes

The proposed market-based replacement solves multiple problems.

MED Group Launches Competitive Bidding Institute

Fifty-city seminar series on NCB preparation is open to anyone.



AAHomecare Unveils Market-Based Pricing Model

Association proposes program as a replacement for Medicare’s competitive bidding program.

Interstate Bid Areas Pose Round 2 Problems

Large bidding areas add possibly insurmountable layers of complexity, including potential interstate trade issues.

Observation Deck:

NCB vs. Jobs

A letter to the President reminding him that the job-killing competitive bidding program runs counter to his job-growth program.

N.C. Providers Rally for Jobs During President Obama Visit

Providers urge President to recognize expansion of CMS's bid program will kill jobs.

CBIC: Round Two’s Around the Bend

Competitive bidding contractor reminds providers of Round Two schedule.

H.R. 1041 Picks up 5 More Backers

House competitive bidding repeal bill now up to 150 co-sponsors.

AAHomecare: 'What Happened to Bid Changes?'

Contrary to Congressional directives, CMS has made no changes to Round Two to protect beneficiaries.

CBIC Releases Round 2 Categories, Zip Codes

Expansion of bid program incorporates mail-order competition, bidding begins in winter.

AAHomecare, GAO Discuss Bidding Problems

Association brings laundry list of issues associated with the bid program.

Provider Perspective:

NCB Means More Government Jobs

The administration infrastructure required by the program will represent a massive tax footprint.

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