Left to right: Kurt Walker, Tom Dye, Congressman Jim Matheson, Jay Broadbent, Brent Gardner
On Tuesday this week, UTMED arranged for a visit from Congressman Jim Matheson to meet with members of the UTMED Board. UTMED Vice President Jay Broadbent from Alpine Home Medical and board members Kurt Walker from Mountain Valley Home Medical and Tom Dye from Oxygen-for-You were in attendance. Congressman Matheson has been very supportive of UTMED in signing on as a cosponsor of HR 1041 and clearly sees competitive bidding as ineffective as a cost saving tactic by the congress. He was also very interested in receiving examples from UTMED members of unreasonable audit requirements such as refusal to pay due to physician signatures outside the lines, etc. As a result, he is going to seek hearings on CMS audit practices and will use the examples to disclose their burdens on local DME companies.
Article written by Brent Gardner, Executive Director of UTMED
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