Tag: The American Taxpayer and Relief Act
Reps. to CMS: Reconsider delivery restrictions on diabetes supplies
May 28, 2013HME News Staff
WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of congressmen, led by Reps. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., and Peter Welch, D-Vt., are questioning Medicare's decision to prohibit independent community pharmacies from providing same-day, home delivery of diabetes testing supplies to homebound seniors, according to an National Community Pharmacy Association (NCPA) press release. “If implemented in July 2013, this policy will cause disruption in the care provided to Medicare patients,” the letter stated. “Now...
