MEDICARE DME RATES AS BASIS FOR PRIVATE SECTOR PAYER REIMBURSEMENT WOULD "JEOPARDIZE" ACCESS TO COST EFFECTIVE HOME MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, HIDA SAYS
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Private payer use of Medicare durable medical equipment reimbursement rates would endanger access to cost-effective home medical equipment, the Health Industry Distributors Association asserts in a recent position paper on a health care reform bill drafted by House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-Calif.).