Thursday, February 9th, 2:00PM ET
Rob Brant will be hosting a one hour webinar covering specific aspects of the Round 2 Bid.
The webinar will review requirements of the bid requested by members, specifically about Form A & Form B, now that Round 2 bidding has opened.
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in News Anounces on Feb 03, 2012
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Providers in Round 2 have reported little difficulty with bidding since the system opened on Monday.
One positive change from Round One is that in Form B, Round 2 does not require a total category break down of the Total Patients, Medicare Patients, Total Revenue, Medicare Revenue and Percentage of Revenue that was Medicare. Perhaps it was clear that this information was not used to select contracted suppliers in Round One.
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Rob Brant will be hosting a one hour webinar covering specific aspects of the Round 2 Bid.
The webinar will review requirements of the bid requested by members, specifically about Form A & Form B, now that Round 2 bidding has opened.
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in News Anounces on Feb 01, 2012
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The Final Rule for the DMEPOS Bidding Program, states that capacity will be limited to 20% to award contracts to at least 5 suppliers per product category. But what if there are already less than 5 suppliers in the Bidding Areas?
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Today the CBIC Ombudsman replied to an email asking questions about the Credit Report requirements. Her answers are in blue.
Dear Ms. Hensley,
The RFB for Round 2 has a change in the requirement. The Round 1 Re-bid stated "Suppliers should submit a copy of a credit report that was completed within 90 days prior to the date on which the supplier submits its bid." The Round 2 RFB states that the Credit Report must be prepared within 90 days PRIOR to the opening of the bid window, which is January 30th
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in News Anounces on Feb 01, 2012
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Cramton's full report shows in some CBAs, 48% of contracted suppliers have not provided any utilization
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Today, Professor Peter Cramton from the University of Maryland published a 165 page report on his website: "The Hidden Costs of a Flawed Medicare Auction".
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in News Anounces on Jan 31, 2012
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On January 18th, some of the internet's largest companies united to stop the House bill "Stop Online Privacy Act" (SOPA) and the Senate bill Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) by suspending their services.
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in News Anounces on Jan 13, 2012
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From the CBIC
A new educational webcast for the Round 2 and national mail-order competitions of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program is now available on the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) website at
www.DMECompetitiveBid.com. This webcast, titled "Program Rules," explains important rules detailed in the "Request for Bids (RFB) Instructions" that you should understand before you prepare your bids. The webcast also provides resources to assist you with bidding.
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in News Anounces on Jan 13, 2012
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Thursday, January 19th, 2:00PM ET
Rob Brant will be hosting a one hour webinar covering specific aspects of the Round 2 Bid. This will NOT be a legislative update and will NOT be a review of basic information already published on the CBIC website.
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