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CMS Ramps Up Competitive Bidding, Round Two









      
Jan 8, 2008 - 3:46 pm

  
  


	

	

Northeast

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

New Haven-Milford, CT

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA

Syracuse, NY




South

Asheville, NC

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Austin-Round Rock, TX

Baton Rouge, LA

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

Charleston-North Charleston, SC

Chattanooga, TN-GA

Columbia, SC

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

El Paso, TX

Greensboro-High Point, NC

Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, SC

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX

Jackson, MS

Jacksonville, FL

Knoxville, TN

Lakeland, FL

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Nashville-Davidson-

Murfreesboro-Franklin, TN

New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA

Ocala, FL

Oklahoma City, OK

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

Raleigh-Cary, NC

Richmond, VA

San Antonio, TX

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Tulsa, OK

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC





CMS said it expects to begin pre-bidding activities for the
second round, such as announcing the specific zip codes that
constitute the CBAs, specific items in each product category and
bidder education and registration for user IDs and passwords, in
the spring of 2008.


According to the agency, the bidding period is expected to run
60 days and is planned to begin in the summer of 2008. CMS said a
more detailed timeline will be provided as the pre-bidding
activities begin.


A full announcement about Round Two of the Medicare DMEPOS
competitive bidding program can be found at 
www. cms.hhs.gov/CompetitiveAcqforDMEPOS.


For continuing coverage of competitive bidding, check future
issues of HomeCare Monday.