DME Suppliers Plan To Use Survey Results To Lobby Against Pay Cuts

The American Association for Homecare is surveying its members and other stakeholders about the impact of durable medical equipment competitive bidding pay cuts on suppliers and beneficiary access to equipment, and the trade group plans to use the results of the member survey to lobby for relief from bid prices applied to rural and non-bid areas. After a failed attempt to postpone the cuts before lawmakers left for their party conventions and August recess, suppliers are lobbying Congress to stop...