Special ODF No. 5 on Bid Evaluation

BALTMORE — CMS will hold its next Special Open Door Forum
on the Round 1 rebid Tuesday, Sept. 29, from 2 to 3 p.m. ET.

The fifth of eight planned teleconferences on the DMEPOS competitive bidding
program’s new Round 1, the call will “walk through the bid
evaluation process. This will include discussions about the
components of bid evaluation and calculations of the single payment
amounts,” according to a notice.

To listen in, call 800/837-1935 and use Conference ID
23045547.

The first four calls, with information presented by the CBIC’s
Cindy Dreher, content and policy lead, covered:

• Aug. 19 — how to register and access the
  online bidding system (called dBids);
• Sept. 2 — the rules of submitting a bid
  successfully (including a discussion of “bona fide” bids);
• Sept. 16 — what you need to know before
  submitting a bid (contract terms, grandfathering and traveling
  beneficiaries); and
• Sept. 22 — financial documentation and
  small supplier considerations, along with a discussion of reporting
  “capacity.”

Audio recordings and transcripts from the Aug. 19 and Sept. 2
calls have been posted to the CBIC Web site, available through its “Education
Events” link under “Suppliers.”

Following next week’s call, another Special ODF on the bid
submission process will be held Oct. 7, with two open calls planned
Oct. 14 and Nov. 4 (the final date for bidder registration).