Posts Tagged ‘Durable Medical Equipment’

DMEPOS Round 2 Contract Suppliers Announced

Authored By: Kendra Conover

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced today the contract suppliers for Round 2 and the national mail-order program of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (“DMEPOS”) Competitive Bidding Program. As of April 9, 2013, there are 799 suppliers that have been awarded contracts in this round, and these contracts will affect suppliers and beneficiaries in 91 competitive bidding areas.  Additionally, CMS announced 18 suppliers that accepted contracts to provide mail-order diabetic testing supplies at competitively bid prices nationwide. (more…)

Registration Open for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Round 1 Recompete

Authored By: Kendra Conover

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced that registration is now open to all suppliers interested in participating in the Round 1 Recompete of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (“DMEPOS”) Competitive Bidding Program.

In order to submit a bid for the Round 1 Recompete, suppliers will need to first register in the Individuals Authorized Access to the CMS Computer Services (“IACS”) online application. Once suppliers are registered in IACS, suppliers will receive a user ID and password to access the online DMEPOS Bidding System (“DBidS”). Suppliers must register even if they registered during a previous round of competition (i.e., Round 1 Rebid, Round 2, or the national mail-order competition).  Suppliers that do not register will not be able to bid. (more…)

Competitive Bidding Program Round 1 Recompete is Just Around the Corner

Authored By: Kendra Conover

The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (“DMEPOS”) Competitive Bidding Program Round 1 Recompete will begin later this year.  Below is the schedule the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) has announced so far: (more…)

National Supplier Clearinghouse Acknowledges Certain Issues in PECOS Conversion

Authored By: Kendra Conover

The National Supplier Clearinghouse (“NSC”) has recently indicated it is aware that numerous Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (“DMEPOS”) suppliers are having issues with viewing and/or submitting revalidation information through the web-based Provider Enrollment Chain Ownership System (“PECOS”). NSC has indicated that the majority of these issues are due to information discrepancies when the supplier files were converted to PECOS. NCS is requiring suppliers who are having these issues to submit a paper revalidation. Once the paper revalidations are processed, NSC expects these conversion issues to be resolved and future web-based actions should be accessible.

If you have questions or concerns regarding the foregoing or would like additional information, please contact your regular Hall Render attorney, or Todd Selby at tselby@hallrender.com or 317.977.1440, or Kendra Conover at kconover@hallrender.com or 317.977.1456.