From: HME News
YARMOUTH, Maine – Another competitive bidding-related milestone came and went early this year, and it had varying impact on home medical equipment providers in Round 1 areas, but none of them were pleasant.
When competitive bidding went into effect in January 2011, non-contract providers had the option of grandfathering their existing patients for certain home medical equipment for a certain period of time. January of 2012, however, meant the end of many of those arrangements.