Now with the DMEPOS Bidding program's re-bid rates, the reverse is true.

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Since snowstorms shut down Washington, DC this week, there has been no additional activity on HR-3790. The bill now has 140 co-sponsors.

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Before the bid window was opened in 2007, the buzz around "How to Bid" seminars was that the 1999 Demonstration Project in Polk County and the 2001 Demonstration Project in San Antonio boasted a 17%-20% savings to Medicare's DMEPOS program. Despite the fact that in the Polk County Demonstration Project: two bid winners filed for bankruptcy, only half of the 16 bid winners in Round One of the Demonstration Project decided to bid again in Round Two, and none of the bid winners in either Demonstration Project were required to be accredited, the Demonstration Project is the basis for running and re-running the same flawed competitive bidding program.

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Despite actions from 84 legilsators to recind the Interim Final Rules, Medicare released the following statement the program will move forward without delay.

CMS also states that in the upcoming weeks, they will release further guidance on the timeline for and bidding requirements related to the Round 1 re-bid.

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