NATIONAL DME COMPETITIVE BIDDING AMONG MEDICARE ANTI-FRAUD PROPOSALS FROM ADMINISTRATION; SENATE FINANCE MEMBERS SEEKING LOWER SURETY BOND THRESHOLD
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The White House is proposing to expand Medicare competitive bidding programs for durable medical equipment beyond their current demonstration status and implement them nationally. Under one of 10 Medicare waste, fraud and abuse legislative initiatives unveiled by President Clinton Jan. 24 during his weekly radio address, the Health Care Financing Administration would "do what most private and other government health care purchasers do to control cost -- lower costs by injecting competition into the pricing for equipment and non-physician services."
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