CPAP/BiPAP
Newsletter/July 2013
Dear Clients,
We wanted to let all of our customers know that, effective July 1,
2013, we have decided to no longer accept traditional MEDICARE as a form of
payment for our equipment and supplies.
MEDICARE decided to cut reimbursement by having companies
participate in a “competitive bid” that took the lowest bids on most medical
equipment (including CPAPs, BiPAPs and supplies), thus reducing reimbursement
by 47%. Being a small company whose
Medicare clients only made up about 35% of our business, we could have
withstood the cut. However, by reducing
the number of Medical Equipment companies in this area by about 50% or more ,
we would have had to take on so many customers, that our quality of products
and services could not have stayed at the level we feel is important.
Therefore, we chose not to participate in this bid.
If you are still receiving supplies from us and you have Medicare,
it is because your machine has not met the 13 month “rent to purchase”
price. When your CPAP or BiPAP reaches purchase price, we will not longer be
able to provide your supplies. Please
call us to find out when your machine will be paid to purchase price so that we
may give you the names of companies that you can chose from when that time
comes.
If you will be reaching Medicare eligible age in the near future,
and would like to stay with our company, there are many Medicare replacement
plans out there that are very good. I
have listed some below, so that you can “shop around.” As I mentioned, the
competitive bid was for TRADITIONAL MEDICARE only.
Please call us if you have any questions. The competitive bid period is two years. Hopefully, we will be able to go back to
providing products and services for Medicare clients when this bid period
expires.
Thank you for your continued support of our business, and allowing
us to assist you!
Randy Reddell, owner
Wheelchairs Et.
Medicare Replacements: Aetna Medicare PPO, Humana Medicare PPO,
Wellmed, United AARP Medicare Replacement, and Care Improvement Plus (just to
name a few)…
