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Senate Finance Committee Leadership Urges CMS to Delay Next Round of Rural Cuts
April 19, 2016
Categories: Press Releases
IMPROVEMENTS TO BENEFICIARY ACCESS MONITORING EFFORTS ALSO SOUGHT TUE, APRIL 19, 2016 WASHINGTON, DC Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee have asked the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services (HHS) to delay the next round of bidding-derived reimbursement cuts for rural and non-bid areas for an additional twelve months and to disclose specific indicators the agency is using to monitor possible beneficiary access issues under the Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment. In...