DME competitive bidding
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
House provision in Medicare bill implementing a national competitive bidding program would be "difficult" to implement as written, Senate Finance Committee Democratic Counsel Elizabeth Fowler remarks at Alliance for Health Reform briefing July 1 in Washington, D.C. The device industry opposes the measure (1"The Gray Sheet" June 30, 2003, p. 7). A House/Senate conference on the bill is expected to begin the week of July 7...