Industry critical of HHS report on medical equipment bidding

{mosads}When lawmakers return from the 4th of July recess, the trade group plans to share a video of a home medical equipment provider in Ohio lambasting the program. 

“I am offended when I hear (the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) putting out statements that there are no problems when we’re getting calls on a weekly basis, daily actually, from therapists who we had dealt with as referral sources who don’t know who to go to,” said Jim Kokenge, president and CEO of PAX Medical Supply in Cincinnati.

The report comes as Inside Health Policy reports that debt ceiling negotiators want to cap Medicaid payments for durable medical equipment at Medicare’s competitive bidding rates. The proposal would save $6.2 billion over 10 years, according to the trade publication.