The People for Quality Care Complaint Hotline has already logged more than 1,700 patient complaints nationwide. CMS is currently telling Congress that they have onle received about 30 complaints. Our …
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has announced plans to investigate the controversial Medicare bidding program to “determine whether CMS selected DMEPOS suppliers …
Obtaining home medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers and life-saving oxygen systems has gotten a lot more difficult for Medicare beneficiaries living in southeastern Pennsylvania. Under Medicare’s national bidding program …
YARMOUTH, Maine – Industry stakeholders are trying to organize numerous press calls in August about the negative impact of competitive bidding as another way to get the attention of lawmakers, …
Industry warnings of access problems due to Round 2 of competitive bidding are becoming a day-to-day reality for power wheelchair users. Providers report users are facing extended wait times for …
When a local competitor closed its doors recently, provider Tyler Riddle had bad news for its capped-out oxygen patients: He couldn’t take them. “I am not going to take capped …
Unless she’s going to church or a doctor’s appointment, Mildred Atkins rarely ventures outside these days. The 80-year-old Chesterfield County resident is blind and suffering from cancer. She’s required oxygen …
It is VERY IMPORTANT that ALL beneficiary access problems are reported so that the program’s failings can be properly documented for Congress to act. The Beneficiary Complaint Hotline, sponsored by …
