Get Ready for DMEPOS Competitive Bidding The Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program Round 2 and the national mail-order competitions are coming soon!
Summer 2011 § CMS begins pre-bidding supplier awareness program Fall 2011 § CMS announces bidding schedule § CMS begins bidder education program § Bidder registration period to obtain user ID and passwords begins Winter 2012 § Bidding begins If you are a supplier interested in bidding, prepare now - don't wait! § Update your contact information: The following contact information in your enrollment file at the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC) must be up to date before you register to bid. If your file is not current, you may experience delays and/or be unable to register and bid. DMEPOS suppliers should review and update: o The name, Social Security number, and date of birth for all authorized official(s) (if you have only one authorized official listed on your enrollment file, consider adding one or more authorized officials to help with registration and bidding); and o The correspondence address. DMEPOS suppliers can update their enrollment via the internet-based Provider Enrollment, Chain, and Ownership System (PECOS) or by using the 2011-07-11 version of the CMS-855S enrollment form. Suppliers not currently using PECOS can learn more about this system at http://www.CMS.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll or reviewing the PECOS factsheet at http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/downloads/MedEnroll_PECOS_DMEPOS_FactSheet_ICN904283.pdf. Information and instructions on how to submit a change of information via the hardcopy CMS-855S enrollment form may be found on the NSC website at www.PalmettoGBA.com/NSC<http://www.PalmettoGBA.com/NSC> (follow links for Supplier Enrollment, Change of Information, Change of Information Guide). § Get licensed: Contracts are only awarded to suppliers that have all required state licenses at the time the bid is submitted. Therefore, before you submit a bid for a product category in a CBA, you must have all required state licenses for that product category on file with the NSC. Every location must be licensed in each state in which it provides services. If you have only one location and are bidding in a CBA that includes more than one state, you must have all required licenses for every state in that CBA. If you have more than one location and are bidding in a CBA that includes more than one state, your company must have all required licenses for the product category for every state in that CBA. It is very important that you make sure that current versions of all required licenses are in your enrollment file with the NSC before you bid. If any required licenses are expired or missing from your enrollment file, we can reject your bid. Suppliers bidding in the national mail-order competition must have the applicable licenses for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa. § Get accredited: Suppliers must be accredited for all items in a product category in order to submit a bid for that product category. If you are interested in bidding for a product category and are not currently accredited for that product category, take action now to get accredited for that product category. Your accreditation organization will need to report any accreditation updates to the NSC. CMS cannot contract with suppliers that are not accredited by a CMS-approved accreditation organization. Additional information on the DMEPOS accreditation requirements along with a list of the accreditation organizations and those professionals and other persons exempted from accreditation may be found at http://www.CMS.gov/MedicareProviderSupEnroll/01_Overview.asp. The Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) is the official information source for bidders. Stay informed - visit the CBIC website at www.DMECompetitiveBid.com<http://www.dmecompetitivebid.com/> to subscribe to email updates and for the latest information on the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding program. ----------------------------------------------------------- Vaccinate Early to Protect Against the Flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends a yearly flu vaccination as the first and most important step in protecting against flu viruses. Remind your patients that annual vaccination is recommended for optimal protection. Medicare pays for the flu vaccine and its administration for seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries with no co-pay or deductible. Take advantage of each office visit and start protecting your patients as soon as your 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine arrives. And, don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. 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