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Clock is Ticking for Home Medical Equipment Providers
June 21, 2016
Categories: Blog
C.N.Y. Medical Products is one of many home medical equipment (HME) companies in New York, and across the country, who did not receive a contract in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) competitive bidding program. “We have a large retail store and when Medicare customers come in we have to turn them away. It makes no sense!” says Lynn Komuda, vice president of C.N.Y. Medical Products in Syracuse. “I have a sense of shame having the equipment right in front of them...
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NFIB Endorses Competitive Bidding Rural Relief and Bid-ceiling Fix Legislation
April 18, 2016
Categories: Press Releases
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) has released a letter of support for S. 2736, the Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment Act of 2016. NFIB is an influential advocacy group representing 325,000 small and independent business owners nationwide, and their endorsements carry significant weight on Capitol Hill. Their letter cites the high proportion of home medical equipment providers that are small businesses, and the high level of service these companies...