CMS to Announce Accreditation Deadline for All Suppliers

BALTIMORE–The HME industry will receive some long-awaited
answers Dec. 19 when CMS hosts a Special Open Door Forum to
announce accreditation deadlines.

During the conference call, scheduled from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
EST Dec.19, the agency said it will announce:

–The deadline by which all DMEPOS suppliers will need to be
accredited.
–The deadline by which new suppliers must apply to the National
Supplier Clearinghouse for a supplier number in order to qualify
for a special accreditation grace period; and
–The deadline by which new DMEPOS suppliers who qualified for the
accreditation grace period will need to be accredited.

According to CMS, the Forum “will be conducted as an adjunct to
a meeting of the DMEPOS competitive bidding Program Advisory and
Oversight Committee.”

To dial in, call (800) 837-1935 and use conference I.D.
27829970.

An audio recording of the call will be posted to the Special
Open Door Forum Web site at
www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp and will
be accessible for downloading beginning Dec. 27.