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Round 2021
Admin
- CMS announces contract suppliers
- CMS announces single payment amounts and begins contracting process
- Contact
- DBidS and Connexion User Role Table
- Emergency and Disaster Fact Sheet
- Form B
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Prepare Your Financial Documents Now
- Home
- Implementation of Round 2021 contracts and prices
- Privacy Policy
- Site Help
- Site Map
- Uploading Documents in Connexion Quick Reference
- What's New Fact Sheet
Bid Evaluation
- Bid Evaluation
- Bona Fide Bid FAQs
- Covered Document Review Date FAQs
- Financial Measures
- Preliminary Bid Evaluation Fact Sheet
- Preliminary Bid Evaluation FAQs
- Process for Reviewing Covered Documents Fact Sheet
- Requirement to Submit a Bona Fide Bid Fact Sheet
- Review of Bidder Capacity to Meet Projected Beneficiary Demand Fact Sheet
Bid Evaluation / Bona Fide Bid FAQs
- Bona Fide Bid FAQs
- I believe I miskeyed the amount. Can I change my bid amount in the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Bidding System, DBidS? If not, can I submit a statement explaining that the amount was a keying error?
- I received a notice in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal, asking me to substantiate one or more of my bid amounts. Why did I receive this notice?
- I submitted a bid amount for a refurbished item, which is like new. Is that acceptable?
- I submitted a bid amount for one month's rental for a non-invasive ventilator. What documentation should I submit to justify my bid amount?
- I submitted a bid amount for one month's rental for oxygen equipment. What documentation should I submit to justify my bid amount?
- I was talking to another supplier, and he received a notice in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal, asking for supporting documentation for his bid amount for a lead item. Should I have received a notice, too?
- If I can't get the documentation uploaded in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal, by the date indicated in the Notice to Substantiate Your Bid(s), can I get an extension?
- If I can't substantiate my bid amount, will my bid be disqualified from Round 2021?
- If my bid is disqualified because my bid amount is not bona fide, will I have to forfeit my bid surety bond?
- What does it mean to have a bona fide bid amount for Round 2021?
- Why is it important that I provide supporting documents to justify the bid amounts on my bid?
Bid Evaluation / Covered Document Review Date FAQs
- After viewing my Notice of Covered Document Review Findings and Required Action in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal, I uploaded the missing balance sheet within the 10 business day response period. However, I realized that I initially uploaded the wrong balance sheet and immediately uploaded a corrected balance sheet within the same 10 business day response period. Which document will be reviewed?
- Can I fax the documents that were identified as missing in the Notice of Covered Document Findings and Required Action? That's what I did for the last bidding round.
- Covered Document Review Date FAQs
- I missed the 10 business day deadline to respond to the Notice of Covered Document Review Findings and Required Action. Can I have an extension?
- I was informed that my statement of cash flows is missing. My CPA is currently working on preparing this document. How long do I have to send this document to you?
- I was talking to another supplier, and he received a Notice of Covered Document Review Findings and Required Action in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal. Should I have received a notice, too?
- My Notice of Covered Document Review Findings and Required Action says my credit report and score are missing. I also realized that I forgot to submit one page of my income statement. Can I include a revised income statement when I upload my credit report and score?
Bid Evaluation / Preliminary Bid Evaluation FAQs
- How long will it take for the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC) to process my license or accreditation update?
- If my state does not require a license, but the notice says my location is missing the license, what should I do?
- My location is exempt from a state licensing requirement. What should I do to prove the exemption?
- My Notice of Preliminary Bid Evaluation didn't indicate anything about my financial documents. Wasn't I supposed to receive a notice if any of my financial documents were missing?
- My Notice of Preliminary Bid Evaluation states that my location wasn't licensed or accredited, my Provider Transaction Access Number (PTAN) was inactive, and I have common ownership and control problems. I checked the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) and all my information is current and accurate. Why am I receiving this notice?
- Once I submit a copy of my state license to the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC), will I be contacted to confirm the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) has received my license?
- Preliminary Bid Evaluation FAQs
- When will I know if the information I submitted to the applicable organization indicated in the Notice of Preliminary Bid Evaluation was acceptable?
Bidding
- Antitrust Guidance Fact Sheet
- Bid Limits
- Bid Preparation Worksheet and Utilization Reports
- Bid Surety Bonds
- Bidding
- Bidding FAQs
- Common Ownership and Common Control Fact Sheet
- Competitive Bidding Areas
- Connexion
- DBidS: DMEPOS Bidding System
- Eligibility Requirements Fact Sheet
- Financial FAQs
- Financial Scoring Methodology Fact Sheet
- Forms
- Lead Item Pricing Calculator
- Lead Item Pricing Fact Sheet
- Lead Item Pricing FAQs
- Licensure for Bidders Fact Sheet
- Request for Bids (RFB) Instructions
- Required Financial Documents
- Requirement to Submit a Bona Fide Bid Fact Sheet
- Small Supplier Considerations/Small Supplier Target Fact Sheet
- Terms and Definitions
- What's New Fact Sheet
Bidding / Bid Surety Bond FAQs
- Bid Surety Bond FAQs
- Can authorized sureties issue one bond to the same bidding entity that covers multiple competitive bidding areas (CBAs), or must authorized sureties issue a separate bond for each CBA?
- How long should my bid surety bond be in effect?
- How many bid surety bonds do I need?
- How will a bidder be notified of the bid surety bond liability being returned?
- How will an authorized surety be notified of the bid surety bond liability being returned?
- How will bidders know if their bid is at or below the median composite bid rate when accepting or declining contract offers?
- How will the authorized surety be notified if the bond is forfeited?
- I have not been able to locate a surety from which to obtain the required bid surety bond.
- If a bidder has multiple bidder numbers for the same competitive bidding area (CBA) but different product categories, is the bidder required to purchase separate bonds for each bidder number?
- If a bidder is offered a contract AFTER contract suppliers are publicly announced, and the bidder declines the offer, will the bid surety bond be forfeited?
- If a bidder receives a preliminary bid evaluation notification that a bid surety bond is missing for a competitive bidding area (CBA), can it acquire a bond now and upload the bond in Connexion? What if it had the bid surety bond but forgot to upload the bond in Connexion before the bid window closed?
- If a bidder recognizes a missing element on its bid surety bond after the bid window closes, what can it do to update the bond and still meet the requirements?
- If I obtained a bid surety bond but was not awarded a contract, what is my liability?
- Is a sample template of a bid surety bond available?
- Is the bid surety bond like the enrollment surety bond I have with the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC)?
- The regulation at 42 CFR §414.412(g)(3) states that the bid surety bond liability will be returned within 90 days of public announcement of contract suppliers. Since this date is not provided in advance, what end date should be listed on the bond?
- The regulations at 42 §CFR 414.412(g)(2)(C) state that CMS must be named as the obligee. How should CMS be named on the bond?
- Two companies are commonly owned/controlled. They plan to bid together for one product category in a competitive bidding area (CBA) and obtained a bid surety bond for that CBA. They also plan to bid individually in two different product categories within the same CBA. Do they have to obtain a separate bond for each of their individual bids?
- What address do I give the insurance agency for my bid surety bond? I contacted multiple sureties from the list provided and they are all asking me for the holder information.
- What does a bid surety bond cost?
- What does composite bid mean?
- What does median composite bid rate mean?
- What is an authorized surety?
- What legal business name (LBN) should be on my bid surety bond?
- When do I need to have a bid surety bond?
- Why is there a 30 calendar day deadline for bidder inquiry submission and why are bidders only allowed to submit one inquiry?
Bidding / Bid Surety Bonds
Bidding / Bidding FAQs
- Bidding FAQs
- Can I log out of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Bidding System, DBidS, while in the middle of entering my bid, then return to DBidS at a later date and finish the bid where I left off?
- Can I upload multiple bid surety bonds for multiple competitive bidding areas (CBAs) at the same time?
- Can I upload my applicable state licenses in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal, or do I upload the licenses in the Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS)?
- Does each financial document need to be uploaded separately in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal, or can they be consolidated into one file?
- Does the contact person I provided on Form A in the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Bidding System, DBidS, have to be an authorized official (AO) or a backup authorized official (BAO)?
- How do I delete a document that has been uploaded in Connexion, the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program's secure portal?
- How far away from a competitive bidding area (CBA) can a supplier's location be to still be considered for a contract?
- If I already submitted my bid(s), will I be able to make changes or remove the bid(s) before the bid window closes?
- Many different items are included in a product category. How will the quality of the item be measured during bid evaluation? How do you ensure the beneficiary is obtaining a quality product?
- My business is moving to a new location in about a month. Will this be a problem?
- My competitive bidding area (CBA) is an entire county, which is approximately 3000 square miles. If I accept the contract offer, am I required to service the entire CBA?
- Our facility may be moving to a new location during the bidding process. Is this going to be a problem?
- Several Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes are not used anymore (i.e., E0472 and E0130). Under these circumstances it is very difficult or impossible to procure these items at a price that would be considered bona fide. How are the obscure items expected to be bona fide?
- What criteria will be used to account for indirect costs?
- What criteria will be used to evaluate appropriate gross margins?
- Will it be acceptable to have a non-lead item with a single payment amount (SPA) lower than our acquisition cost? If so, how should this be justified in the narrative? Can you provide an example?
Bidding / Financial FAQs
- Financial FAQs
- How do I determine whether to provide a personal or business credit score/report?
- I am a start-up with no previous tax returns. What financial documents should I upload?
- In past rounds, bidders were asked to include their bidder number on each page of their financial documents. Is this still requested?
- My company is the bidding entity and we are a subsidiary of a larger corporation. Do I upload my company's credit report and score or should I upload my parent company's credit report and score?
- Our tax returns are done on a cash basis; however, our financial statements (i.e., income statement, statement of cash flows, and balance sheet) are done on an accrual basis. Is this acceptable?
Bidding / Lead Item Pricing Fact Sheet
Bidding / Lead Item Pricing FAQs
- If I bid a price now and in 2021 the cost of the equipment increases, will the single payment amount (SPA) increase, too?
- If my bid amount for the lead item is below the maximum winning bid amount and I'm offered a contract, will I be reimbursed at my bid amount for the lead item, which is below the winning amount?
- Lead Item Pricing FAQs
- What is the difference between the 2015 fee schedule and the 2019 fee schedule, which are both used in Round 2021?
- Where can I find the 2019 unadjusted fee schedule?
- Will the single payment amount (SPA) for the lead and non-lead items be the same for all winning suppliers in the same competitive bidding area (CBA)?
- With the new lead item pricing methodology for Round 2021, will the non-lead item bid amounts be screened by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to ensure they are bona fide?
Bidding / Required Financial Documents
Competitive Bidding Areas
- Aiken and Edgefield Counties, SC
- Akron, OH
- Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
- Albuquerque, NM
- Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
- Arlington-Alexandria-Reston, VA
- Asheville, NC
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
- Augusta-Richmond County, GA
- Aurora-Elgin-Joliet, IL
- Austin-Round Rock, TX
- Bakersfield, CA
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
- Birmingham-Hoover, AL
- Boise City, ID
- Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA
- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
- Bristol County, MA
- Bronx-Manhattan, NY
- Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
- Calvert, Charles and Prince George's Counties, MD
- Camden, NJ
- Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
- Catoosa, Dade and Walker Counties, GA
- Charleston-North Charleston, SC
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC
- Chattanooga, TN
- Chester, Lancaster and York Counties, SC
- Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL
- Cincinnati, OH
- Cleveland-Elyria,OH
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Columbia, SC
- Columbus, OH
- Competitive Bidding Areas
- Council Bluffs, IA
- Covington-Florence-Newport, KY
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
- Dayton, OH
- Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio and Union Counties, IN
- Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
- East St. Louis, IL
- El Paso, TX
- Elizabeth-Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ
- Flint, MI
- Fresno, CA
- Gary, IN
- Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
- Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
- Honolulu, HI
- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
- Huntington, WV
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
- Jacksonville, FL
- Jackson, MS
- Jeffersonville-New Albany, IN
- Jersey City-Newark, NJ
- Kansas City-Overland Park-Ottawa, KS
- Kansas City, MO
- Kenosha County, WI
- Knoxville, TN
- Lake and McHenry Counties, IL
- Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
- Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
- Los Angeles County, CA
- Louisville-Jefferson County, KY
- McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
- Memphis, TN
- Mercer County, PA
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
- Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
- Nassau, Kings, Queens, and Richmond Counties, NY
- New Haven-Milford, CT
- New Orleans-Metairie, LA
- North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
- Ocala, FL
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Omaha, NE
- Orange County, CA
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
- Pierce and St. Croix Counties, WI
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Port Chester-White Plains-Yonkers, NY
- Portland-Hillsboro-Beaverton, OR
- Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY
- Providence, RI
- Raleigh, NC
- Richmond, VA
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Rochester, NY
- Rockingham and Strafford Counties, NH
- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
- Salt Lake City, UT
- San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Silver Spring-Rockville-Bethesda, MD
- South Haven-Olive Branch, MS
- Springfield, MA
- Stockton-Lodi, CA
- St. Louis, MO
- Suffolk County, NY
- Syracuse, NY
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Toledo, OH
- Tucson, AZ
- Tulsa, OK
- Vancouver, WA
- Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
- Visalia-Porterville, CA
- Washington, DC
- Wichita, KS
- Wilmington, DE
- Worcester, MA
- Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH
Connexion
Connexion / Connexion FAQs
Contracting
- Bidder Inquiry Process Fact Sheet
- Contract Offers
- Contract Supplier Obligations, Monitoring, and Education Fact Sheet
- Contracting
- Exemptions from the Requirement to be a Contract Supplier for Competitively Bid Items and Services Fact Sheet
- Licensure for Contract Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Single Payment Amounts
Education Events
Events
Fact Sheets
- Antitrust Guidance Fact Sheet
- Bid Surety Bonds Fact Sheet
- Bidder Inquiry Process Fact Sheet
- Change of Ownership (CHOW) Guidelines and Responsibilities Fact Sheet
- Common Ownership and Common Control Fact Sheet
- Contract Supplier Obligations, Monitoring, and Education Fact Sheet
- DMEPOS Quality Standards
- DMEPOS Supplier Standards
- Eligibility Requirements Fact Sheet
- Emergency and Disaster Fact Sheet
- Enteral Nutrition Fact Sheet
- Exemptions from the Requirement to be a Contract Supplier for Competitively Bid Items and Services Fact Sheet
- Fact Sheets
- Financial Scoring Methodology Fact Sheet
- Grandfathering for Non-Contract Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Hospitals That Are Not Contract Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Lead Item Pricing Fact Sheet
- Licensure for Bidders Fact Sheet
- Licensure for Contract Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Non-Contract Supplier Fact Sheet
- Physicians and Other Treating Practitioners Who Are Enrolled as Medicare DMEPOS Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Preliminary Bid Evaluation Fact Sheet
- Prescription for Specific Brand or Mode of Delivery to Avoid an Adverse Medical Outcome Fact Sheet
- Process for Reviewing Covered Documents Fact Sheet
- Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries Fact Sheet
- Referral Agents Fact Sheet
- Repairs and Replacements Fact Sheet
- Required Financial Documents Fact Sheet
- Requirement to Submit a Bona Fide Bid Fact Sheet
- Review of Bidder Capacity to Meet Projected Beneficiary Demand Fact Sheet
- Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Nursing Facilities (NFs) Fact Sheet
- Small Supplier Considerations/Small Supplier Target Fact Sheet
- Subcontracting of DMEPOS Services Fact Sheet
- Supplier Marketing Guidelines Fact Sheet
- Terms and Definitions
- Transfer a Portion of a Contract Fact Sheet
- Transfer of Entire Contract Fact Sheet
- Transitioning Beneficiaries Fact Sheet
- Traveling Beneficiary Fact Sheet
- What's New Fact Sheet
Handouts
News
- 2019 Fall Medtrade is Next Week - Stop by Booth 1531!
- 2020 Spring Medtrade is in Two Weeks - Stop by Booth 931!
- Additional Bid Results for Round 2021 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
- Additional Data on Bid Results Report for Round 2021 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
- Attending Medtrade East in Atlanta October 24-26? The Medicare Contractors Will Be There - Booth 241!
- Attending Medtrade in Dallas March 28-30? The Medicare Contractors Will Be There - Booth 456!
- Attending Medtrade West in Phoenix April 4-6? The Medicare Contractors Will Be There - Booth 1129!
- Attending Medtrade West in Phoenix April 4-6? The Medicare Contractors Will Be There - Booth 1129!
- Bid Results for Round 2021 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Independence Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Independence Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Independence Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Independence Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Labor Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Labor Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Labor Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Labor Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Memorial Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Memorial Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Memorial Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Memorial Day
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closing - Thanksgiving
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closings
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closings
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closings
- CBIC Customer Service Center Holiday Closings
- CMS Adds New Frequently Asked Questions
- CMS Announces Important Updates to Webcast Series for Round 2021 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
- CMS Announces Registration and Bid Window Dates for Round 2021 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
- CMS Announces Round 2021 Contract Suppliers
- CMS Announces Round 2021 Single Payment Amounts and Begins Offering Contracts
- CMS Announces the Redesigned Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor Website Homepage
- CMS Announces Webcast Series for Round 2021 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
- CMS Provides Clarification on the Lead Item Pricing Calculator
- CMS Releases the DBidS User Guide and Webcast FAQs
- CMS removes non-invasive ventilators from Round 2021 of the Competitive Bidding Program
- CMS Removes Two HCPCS codes from Round 2021
- Contact your Round 2021 Competitive Bidding Liaisons
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Are You Ready?
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Bid Surety Bond Update
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Bid Window Now Open
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: CDRD Reminder
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: CDRD Reminder
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: CDRD Reminder
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Financial Scoring Methodology
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Registration Now Open
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Registration Reminder
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Registration Reminder
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Registration Reminder
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Registration Reminder
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Reminder to Maintain Enrollment Requirements in PECOS!
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Reminder to Maintain Enrollment Requirements in PECOS!
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Submit Your Bid Now!
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Submit Your Bid Now!
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Submit Your Bid Now!
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Submit Your Bid Now!
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Submit Your Bid Now!
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Target Deadline for Authorized Official Registration
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Round 2021: Target Deadline for BAO Registration
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Upcoming Deadlines for Round 2021
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Upcoming Deadlines for Round 2021
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program - New Website Design
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Round 2021 Announcement
- DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program: Change to National Provider Enrollment Contractors Effective November 7, 2022
- Form C Semi-Annual Reports and Contract Maintenance for Round 2021 of the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program
- Get ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Bid Surety Bonds
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Bid Surety Bonds - Important Reminders
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - COMMON OWNERSHIP AND COMMON CONTROL
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - GET LICENSED AND ACCREDITED!
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Lead Item Pricing
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Prepare for Registration for DBidS and Connexion
- Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding - Prepare Your Financial Documents Now
- Hurricane Ian - Information for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Suppliers
- Informational Flyer Regarding Round 2021 of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP)
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement for Connexion Users
- New Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) Requirement for Connexion Users
- New System to Apply for a Connexion User ID
- News
- Reminder: Registration and Submitting a Bid - Part 2 Webcast Tuesday, July 23
- Reminder: The Medicare Contractors Will Be in Booth 241 at Medtrade East in Atlanta October 24-26!
- Reminder: The Medicare Contractors Will Be in Booth 456 at Medtrade in Dallas March 28-30!
- Round 2021 ZIP Code and HCPCS Code Updates
- Round 2021 ZIP Code and HCPCS Code Updates
- Round 2021 ZIP Code and HCPCS Code Updates
- Round 2021 ZIP Code and HCPCS Code Updates
- Round 2021 ZIP Code and HCPCS Code Updates
- Time to Submit Your Form C Semi-Annual Report
- Time to Submit Your Form C Semi-Annual Report
- Time to Submit Your Form C Semi-Annual Report
- Time to Submit Your Form C Semi-Annual Report
Product Categories
Registration
Reports
Required Financial Documents
Round 2021
- Competitive Bidding Liaison (CBL) Directory
- Connexion FAQs
- Contract Offers
- Contract Supplier FAQs
- Contract Supplier Obligations, Monitoring, and Education Fact Sheet
- Contract Update Requests
- DMEPOS Quality Standards
- DMEPOS Supplier Standards
- Emergency and Disaster Fact Sheet
- Exemptions from the Requirement to be a Contract Supplier for Competitively Bid Items and Services Fact Sheet
- Non-Contract Supplier Fact Sheet
- Payment Policies
- Quarterly Updates
- Referral Agents Fact Sheet
- Resources
- Round 2021
- Single Payment Amounts
- Subcontracting
- Terms and Definitions
Round 2021 / Contract Supplier FAQs
Round 2021 / Contract Update Requests
Round 2021 / Payment Policies
- Change of Ownership (CHOW) Guidelines and Responsibilities Fact Sheet
- Common Ownership and Common Control Fact Sheet
- Enteral Nutrition Fact Sheet
- Exemptions from the Requirement to be a Contract Supplier for Competitively Bid Items and Services Fact Sheet
- Grandfathering for Non-Contract Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Hospitals That Are Not Contract Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Payment Policies
- Physicians and Other Treating Practitioners Who Are Enrolled as Medicare DMEPOS Suppliers Fact Sheet
- Prescription for Specific Brand or Mode of Delivery to Avoid an Adverse Medical Outcome Fact Sheet
- Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries Fact Sheet
- Repairs and Replacements Fact Sheet
- Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) and Nursing Facilities (NFs) Fact Sheet
- Subcontracting of DMEPOS Services Fact Sheet
- Supplier Marketing Guidelines Fact Sheet
- Transfer a Portion of a Contract Fact Sheet
- Transfer of Entire Contract Fact Sheet
- Transitioning Beneficiaries Fact Sheet
- Traveling Beneficiary Fact Sheet
Round 2021 / Quarterly Updates
Round 2021 / Subcontracting
Single Payment Amounts
Timeline
DME Competitive Bid Web Chat
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