July 2013

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)…