CMS launches DME advisory committee
Compliance Monitor, September 29, 2004
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CMS has appointed a committee to advise the agency about the implementation of competitive bidding for certain supplies and equipment provided to Medicare beneficiaries, the agency announced September 24.
The committee will also work to establish standards for durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers who want to participate in the Medicare program.
CMS said it anticipates that beneficiaries will have access to higher quality at lower prices when it adopts a competitive bidding model for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS).
According to a CMS press release, lower prices will help both beneficiary and taxpayer, because the beneficiary pays 20% of the costs of these products and Medicare pays 80%.
The committee is scheduled to have its first meeting on October 6 at CMS headquarters in Baltimore.
A list of committee members, as well as the CMS press release, can be found here.
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