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By John Andrews
Updated Fri June 21, 2013
Ditching delivery
New reality: The profound revenue drop caused by Round 2 of Medicare competitive bidding has caused respiratory providers to re-think their business models and for many that means moving to non-delivery products like POCs.
Exploring options
Beyond Medicare: To offset losses from lower Medicare reimbursement, respiratory providers need to seek out new channels of business from the retail sector—whether brick and mortar or the Internet. Diversification into the sleep therapy market is another potential alternative.
Bidding battle
Defiance continues: Despite the perseverance of CMS in implementing competitive bidding, industry groups made up of trade associations, manufacturers and professional societies are united in lobbying against the program. The primary message is that the service cuts caused by lower reimbursement are harmful to beneficiaries.
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