Medicare-approved medical equipment suppliers have 60 days in which to submit bids for the Round One Rebid of the Medicare Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) in nine communities.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today began accepting bids from accredited and bonded medical equipment suppliers after modifying the program and conducting a supplier outreach and education effort. Currently, 93 percent of all medical equipment suppliers across the country—including those in the competitive bidding areas—have met Medicare’s accreditation requirements.
The Round One Rebid will include the same items as the first Round One except negative pressure wound therapy items and Group 3 complex rehabilitative power wheelchairs will be excluded.
Beneficiaries living in the competitive bidding areas won’t need to take any action before the program begins in 2011.
Read the CMS press release.
