Jeff Baird on DME Industry Evolution, Compliance Landmines, and Competitive Bidding Risks
On the Claim to Fame DME podcast, hosts Alex and Wayne interview healthcare attorney Jeff Baird of Brown & Fortunato, who describes his firm’s nationwide work with DME suppliers and other providers across regulatory counseling, litigation defense, employment, and M&A. Baird traces the DME industry’s growth from Medicare’s creation in 1965 through a largely unregulated period to increased fraud scrutiny, post-payment audits, competitive bidding since 2009, expanding managed care (with 54% of Medicare beneficiaries in Medicare Advantage), and heightened PTAN revocations for technicalities. He…
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