From: HME News
by: Elizabeth Deprey
WASHINGTON – It was a big win in the HME industry’s fight against competitive bidding when CMS disqualified one-third of the contract suppliers for Tennessee, but that’s not the only state with licensure issues, stakeholders point out.
“It establishes a precedent that CMS is going to have to deal with,” said Andrea Stark, a reimbursement consultant with MiraVista. “I see it as a domino falling, the beginning of a chain reaction.”
CMS last week sent letters to 30 contract suppliers for Tennessee, disqualifying them for not meeting state licensure requirements, such as having a physical presence in the state, by May 2012.