National Competitive Bidding Homecare United States

Its official - CMS (Medicare - Medicaid) have gone public with a website to provide further information on National Competitive Bidding (NCB).

This is yet another indication that NCB is coming sooner rather than later.

Of particular interest is this statement “CMS has not set a deadline for DMEPOS suppliers to become accredited in order to retain/obtain a supplier enrollment number or to competitively bid”…

Here is the site:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/competitiveacqfordmepos/

Here is a related site providing further detailed information on implementation. (Work in progress).

http://www.dmecompetitivebid.com/

(For non US companies this provides useful insights into the US market - It is worthwhile clicking on the links).