Essentially Women, a premier group purchasing organization for women’s health care products, has scheduled Focus on the Future 2012, its 12th annual educational conference and tradeshow, March 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.

Bidding is underway for Round 2 of Medicare’s Competitive Bidding Program for durable medical goods in 91 metropolitan areas, or about 75 percent of the nation.

The 60-day bidding window opened on Monday, Jan. 30. Registration for the program closed on Thursday, Feb. 9.

HME providers are submitting bids online using the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) DMEPOS Bidding System (DBidS).