- On October 27, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the single payment amounts and began offering contracts for the off-the-shelf (OTS) back braces and OTS knee braces product categories.
- On April 9, 2020 CMS removed Non-Invasive Ventilators from Round 2021 of the Competitive Bidding Program. For more information please see the announcement from CBIC here
DME Competitive Bidding Program Education
This website is a collaboration between leading industry trade organizations to help prepare Durable Medical Equipment Suppliers for Medicare's next round of the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program by compiling publicly available information in one place.
Bid Smart 2019 Summit Highlights
This summer, industry experts gathered in Dallas and Nashville to discuss in‐depth the big changes coming to Competitive Bidding this summer—including lead item pricing, the end of median bidding, bid surety bonds, and the use of single payment amounts (SPAs) to set rates in noncompetitive bidding areas (non‐CBAs).
Dallas, Texas
Following the well attended Summit in Nashville, a second full-day Summit was held in Dallas to give the HME community one more chance to get up to speed on the changes to the bidding program for Round 2021. To learn more about this Summit and download the various tools, click the link below:
Nashville, TN
Industry experts kicked off the summer in Nashville, TN with a full-day education summit to discuss changes including lead item pricing, the end of median bidding, bid surety bonds, and the use of single payment amounts (SPAs) to set rates in noncompetitive bidding areas (non‐CBAs). To learn more about this Summit and download the various tools, click the link below: