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How Did the Nationals Fare in Competitive Bidding? Stay Tuned...

June 2, 2008 - Source: HME News

Boy, did we underestimate the maze that is competitive bidding. Little did we know last week just how difficult it would be to ferret out how many contracts national HME providers--Lincare, Apria, American HomePatient (AHP) and Rotech--accepted as part of national competitive bidding.



By tallying the total number of contracts accepted by the nationals using CMS's lists (Lincare 12; Apria 14; AHP 37, if you count American HomePatient Inc. & Subs; and Rotech 11), we didn't exactly get the full picture. Because some nationals likely bid using different names--the name of a company they acquired last year, for instance--they probably accepted more contracts than that.


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