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Decline in HME providers strains those that are left
June 26, 2020Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine - Medicare's competitive bidding program has decimated their ranks over the past 10 years and now those HME providers that are left are in the middle of a pandemic and facing Round 2021.The industry has seen a significant decline in providers nationwide since the bid program debuted in 2011, ranging from 48% in Illinois and Arizona to 13% in Maine and Alaska, according to the VGM Group.“Reimbursement cuts from bidding have made it almost impossible for providers to provide products...