CMS to Release a Comparative Billing Report on Ordering Durable Medical Equipment: Diabetic Supplies
On Mon Aug 29 CMS will release a national provider Comparative Billing Report (CBR) focused on Ordering Durable Medical Equipment: Diabetic Supplies. This will be the first release of 5000 CBRs with two additional releases to follow (the second release of 5000 CBRs is targeted for Wed Sep 7; the third for Thu Sep 15). CBRs produced by Safeguard Services under contract with CMS contain actual data-driven tables and graphs with an explanation of findings that compare a provider's billing and payment patterns to those of their peers located in the state and across the nation. CMS has received feedback from a number of providers that this kind of data is very helpful to them and encouraged us to produce more CBRs. CBRs convey billing information that can be used as an educational tool by providers in complying with Medicare billing rules and improve the level of care they furnish to their Medicare patients. These reports are not available to anyone but the providers who receive them. To ensure privacy, CMS presents only summary billing information; no patient- or case-specific data is included. For more information and to review a sample of the Ordering Durable Medical Equipment: Diabetic Supplies CBR, please visit www.CBRservices.com<http://www.cbrservices.com/> or call the SafeGuard Services Provider Help Desk, CBR Support Team at 530-896-7080. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the information may appear in other electronic mailing lists from CMS or your Medicare Fee-For-Service contractor. Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
