| CMS Rule on Competitive Bidding for Durable Medical Equipment ...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A final rule (CMS- 1270-F) issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that exempts diabetes testing products from competitive bidding requirements ensures that Medicare beneficiaries will be able to purchase these products from their local pharmacy. The rule is a victory for patients and community pharmacists who had opposed burdensome new federal government regulations that would have forced many small pharmacies to stop providing diabetes testing supplies. Diabetes supplies that are purchased at community pharmacies, including blood glucose level monitors and testing strips and lancets, were among a short list of durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) spared from CMS' new competitive bidding requirements that go into effect in 10 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) next year.
3-Day Auction Features Rare Items
These and other unusual, rare and luxurious items will be for sale at a three-day estate auction starting today at the Rogers Expo Center.The items belonged to Patrice Fields of Rogers, who died at the age of 54 in December. She left behind a treasure trove of Asian collectibles, silver, massive pieces of furniture, framed artwork, Waterford crystal, Baccarat, Lalique, Armani gowns and more items than can be listed here."It's quite a sale," understated Joe Warner, owner of Ken's Auction Service in Springdale.He, along with Hilarie Manion, owner of Auction Annie's in Centerton, are the co-auctioneers for the sale. Both said it was the largest one they had ever handled "and certainly never anything of this quality," Warner added. .
Breaking News Shell bids aggressively in federal Beaufort Sea ...
Shell Gulf of Mexico Inc. dominated bidding Wednesday in the federal Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 202 in the Alaska Beaufort Sea, winning 49 of 92 tracts leased by the U.S. Minerals Management Service and offering the highest bids of the sale. There was significant competition in bidding, however, from Total USA Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of the Paris-based company. Total acquired 32 tracts, most of them adjacent to offshore areas on which Shell offered the high bids of the sale. Eni Petroleum Inc., subsidiary of the Italian firm Eni, acquired seven leases that were in nearshore waters adjacent to where the company is working on development of a discovery. Most bids in the sale, including those from Total, were near the minimum requested by the MMS. Shell bid the highest offers, including $14.1 million for Tract 6609, $4.2 million for Tract 6460 and $2.1 million for Tract 6406.
Carnival Ride Auction
It was a bitter-sweet party atmosphere in Lansing, Illinois, this week as Norton Auctioneers of Michigan auctioned off the rides, games and equipment from Wright's Barnyard. The amusement and fun park had been operated by the same family since it began in 1956.A favorite playtime destination for suburban Chicago families and children for over half a century, Wright's was also the host to countless area teens on their first date as well as numerous weddings.Attractions at Wright's included a kiddie carousel, a frog hopper, two miniature golf courses, a go-cart track, batting cages, an arcade, a restaurant and the home of Burt and Millie Wright on the five-acre site. .
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