tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 40

DME: Suppliers Should Study Quality Standards Carefully

CMS urges suppliers to submit detailed comments on controversial standards.Suppliers hoping draft quality standards would calm the waves of change currently rocking the industry may want to take a Dramamine.The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services unveiled the long-awaited standards, which were drawn up by Cambridge, MA-based contractor Abt Associates, on Friday, Sept. 23 and held a special Open Door Forum to discuss them on Monday, Sept. 26. The public forum took place during the first afternoon of the two-day meeting of the Program Advisory & Oversight Committee on competitive bidding, which was held in Pikeville, MD...

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