Highlights & Headlines

Spring Seminar Registration Has Begun - Act Now to Reserve Your Seat!

CEDI Transition News

• Durable Medical Equipment Common Electronic Data Interchange (CEDI) Front End
• Common Electronic Data Interchange Web Site Available and Other Important CEDI Transition Information
• CEDI Testing Status and Important Transition Updates
• DME MAC Electronic Trading Partners Must Transition to CEDI Soon
• DME MAC Express Plus Upgrade for CEDI
• Attention All DME MAC Electronic Submitters and Vendors - CEDI Urgent Reminder
• Attention All DME MAC Electronic Submitters and Vendors - Helpful Tips for Contacting CEDI During the Transition

Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) CMS Overview

Medicare Contractor Provider Satisfaction Survey (MCPSS) Home Study Page

Medicare Releases Positive Results On Provider Satisfaction With Medicare Fee For Service Contractors

National Provider Identifier Standard (NPI)

NPI News, Resources, and Implementation Information from CMS.

Do providers need to send NHIC a letter with their NPI number?
No, providers are not required to send NHIC a letter with their NPI number.

Should providers just start using the NPI on their claims beginning May 23rd?
Yes, providers may submit their NPI numbers.

Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) National Provider Identifier (NPI) Implementation Contingency Plan (MM5595)

Dissemination of Data from the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) to Begin September 4, 2007

Competitive Bidding for DMEPOS

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a final rule that will improve the accuracy of Medicare's payments for certain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) through a new competitive bidding program.

• (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) website
  
• Overview of New Medicare Competitive Bidding Program for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) - The first in a series of articles on the implementation of this program (SE0805)
  
• Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program: Grandfathering, Repair and Replacement, Mail Order Diabetic Supplies and Advanced Beneficiary Notices (ABNs) - The second in a series of articles on the new DMEPOS competitive bidding program (SE0806)
  
• Important Exceptions and Special Circumstances that Occur under the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program - The third in a series of articles on the new DMEPOS competitive bidding program (SE0807)