DMEPOS competitive bidding: First round begins July 1
Billing Alert for Long-Term Care, July 1, 2008
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Medicare Part B payment rates for most durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) are based on historical charges, sometimes adjusted for inflation, rather than on current market prices. To correct this perceived error, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) amended the Social Security Act to mandate that competitive bidding programs replace the current DMEPOS fee schedule payment amount for selected items.
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