Politics: NCB and FEHBP
A. The driver for competitive bidding is the need to save the Medicare program money as the Medicare population grows, but the savings projections for competitive bidding have always been speculative. This is especially true now in light of the reimbursement reductions mandated under the Medicare Mo...
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| Published in: | HME News 2005-01, Vol.11 (1), p.15 |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | eng |
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| Summary: | A. The driver for competitive bidding is the need to save the Medicare program money as the Medicare population grows, but the savings projections for competitive bidding have always been speculative. This is especially true now in light of the reimbursement reductions mandated under the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA). Current estimates of the savings rely on spending data from 2003 or earlier. |
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| ISSN: | 1091-3823 |