...the government is willing to pay. Otherwise, the government rightly should be concerned that the HME service component — so integral to assuring patient health and safety — may diminish or disappear. As noted above, competitive bidding is known to work poorly both for the Defense Department and the...

...service provided by HME suppliers the government is willing to pay. Otherwise, the government should be concerned that the service component — so integral...patient health and safety — may diminish or disappear. As an example of how competitive bidding has not worked, HME providers from Minnesota have expressed...

...service provided by HME suppliers the government is willing to pay. Otherwise, the government should be concerned that the service component — so integral...patient health and safety — may diminish or disappear. As an example of how competitive bidding has not worked, HME providers from Minnesota have expressed...

...services at reduced payment levels and could curtail access of home medical equipment to all Americans. With any competitive bidding system, the first issue...group of companies that have been awarded Medicaid contacts with the state. 5 Some problems that have developed under this competitive bidding system...