CMS also announced that it is extending the deadline for suppliers in the 70 second round metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) to become accredited. CMS is extending the deadline because a significant number of suppliers in those communities have not yet applied for accreditation. Similar to round one requirements, suppliers will need to be accredited to be awarded a contract. Suppliers must be accredited or have applied for accreditation by July 21, 2008, (formerly May 14, 2008), and the final accreditation deadline for the second round of competitive bidding is now January 14, 2009, a change from the October 31, 2008 deadline.
CMS is urging suppliers in the 70 MSAs to apply for accreditation immediately because if they do not meet these accreditation deadlines, they will not be able to compete for contracts to furnish competitively bid items to Medicare beneficiaries in these areas.
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Additional information on the DMEPOS competitive bidding program is available at www.cms.hhs.gov/DMEPOSCompetitiveBid.
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Ed. note: DOTmed News has reported extensively on this sometimes controversial program.]
Read about the Advanced Medical Technology Association's opposition to this program at: www.dotmed.com/news/story/6073. There you will also find a link to recent Congressional testimony on the matter.
Read more at:
www.dotmed.com/news/story/5801
and
www.dotmed.com/news/story/5973
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