Tag: Discounts
Discounts are elusive for most providers
August 16, 2013Liz Beaulieu, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - When it comes to product pricing, competitive bidding has changed the playing field between select vendors and providers, according to the latest HME NewsPoll.Only 37% percent of the 67 respondents to the poll reported getting discounts from vendors as a result of competitive bidding. Of those, the largest majority, 38%, reported getting discounts of 6% to 10%.“Most have approached us with discounts, knowing that there are manufacturing competitors that are also knocking on...