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HME News

CMS officials told members of its Program Advisory and Oversight Committee (PAOC) this morning that it plans to announce winning bid amounts for Round 1.2 of competitive bidding Thursday afternoon.

A PAOC member told HME News: “Tomorrow afternoon announcement of single payment amounts (SPAs) will happen via typical outreach materials: CBIC and CMS Web sites and list servs.”

The member also wrote: “Tomorrow afternoon winning bidders will get an e-mail telling them to expect a Federal Express contract package Friday, July 2. Bidders will have 10 days to respond. Notification of non-qualifying bidders will happen in September.”

Big Sky Business Journal

Providers of home medical equipment and services across Montana are proposing a fiscally responsible alternative to the mislabeled “competitive” bidding scheme currently under way in Medicare that will actually discourage competition, reduce access to care for many of Montana’s 160,000 Medicare beneficiaries, and put dozens of Montana homecare providers out of business.  

Jun 3, 2010 3:37 PM

HomeCare Magazine

JACKSON, N.J., June 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Providers of home medical equipment and services across New Jersey are proposing a fiscally responsible alternative to the mislabeled “competitive” bidding scheme currently under way in Medicare that will actually discourage competition, reduce access to care for many of the state’s 1.3 million Medicare beneficiaries, and put hundreds of New Jersey homecare providers out of business.