tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 45

DME: THE LOSERS: DME INDUSTRY HEADED FOR A MELTDOWN

Compromise over Medicare legislation harsh on suppliers.All suppliers' worst nightmares have been wrapped up in one neat package: the newly passed Medicare reform bill. The bill could put the majority of the durable medical equipment industry out of business, critics say. "The bill will be devastating to the homecare industry," says the American Association for Homecare. And it "will jeopardize access to quality care for millions of homecare patients." "It's going to be a disaster," says Joan Cross, president of the Florida Association of Medical Equipment Services. "They're going to be systematically wiping us out...

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