DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program: An Overview for the Referral Community |
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| Air date: | Monday, July 20, 2009, 2:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services |
| Description: | Section 302 of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) established requirements for a new competitive bidding program for certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS). The MMA requires that competitive bid payment amounts be used to replace the current Medicare DMEPOS fee schedule payment amounts for selected items in selected areas. The competitive bid payment amounts are determined by using bids submitted by DMEPOS suppliers. The intent of the competitive bidding program is to set more appropriate payment amounts for DMEPOS items, which will result in reduced beneficiary out-of-pocket expenses and savings to taxpayers and the Medicare program. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA), enacted on July 15, 2008, made limited changes to the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program, including a requirement that competition to re-bid Round 1 occur in 2009. On January 16, 2009, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule with comment period that incorporates into regulations only those provisions of MIPPA related to the DMEPOS competitive bidding program that are self-implementing and necessary to conduct the Round 1 rebid competition in 2009. That rule became effective on April 18, 2009.
Presenters:
2. Lorrie Ballantine - Acting Deputy Director, Division of DMEPOS Policy, CMS 3. Joel Kaiser - Director, Division of DMEPOS Policy, Chronic Care Policy Group, CMS 4. Mike Keane - Technical Advisor, Division of DMEPOS, CMS 5. Walt Rutemueller - Technical Advisor, Division of DMEPOS, CMS Slides available for download here. |
| Author: | Martha Kuespert |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
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| CIT File ID: | 15226 |
| CIT Live ID: | 7815 |
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