In keeping with the Association’s mission to protect the public health, each of the NABP accreditation and approval programs include requirements to help ensure patients and beneficiaries receive quality care and products. In 2011, entities including durable medical equipment, prosthetics,...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released additional information for suppliers submitting bids in round 2 of the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program process. CMS reminds suppliers planning to submit bids to...

Originally published in the March 2011 NABP Newsletter With the contracts from the first round of the durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) competitive bidding program now in effect, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has...

Originally published in the October 2010 NABP Newsletter The deadline for durable medical equipment pharmacies to obtain durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) accreditation has been extended to January 1, 2011. This change, along with provisions that exempt...

While DMEPOS accreditation is required for suppliers who wish to obtain Medicare Part B billing privileges for products and services that are subject to CMS’s quality standards, the March 23, 2010 enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,...

On February 9, 2010, NABP learned from the National Supplier Clearinghouse the following:  The National Supplier Clearinghouse will notify DMEPOS suppliers who have not initiated the accreditation process or who are in the midst of accreditation process regarding their enrollment...

In October 2009, President Obama signed into law a bill that delayed the requirement for pharmacies to obtain DMEPOS accreditation – the deadline for accreditation was extended to January 1, 2010. The bill delayed the requirement that requires DMEPOS accreditation...

DMEPOS suppliers that become accredited after September 1, 2009, should complete section 2G of the CMS 855S enrollment form to notify the National Supplier Clearinghouse (NSC) of their accreditation information. Suppliers accredited before August 31, 2009, are not required to...

According to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, DMEPOS suppliers enrolled in Medicare are required to obtain and submit a $50,000 bond for each National Provider Identifier (NPI) to the National Supplier Clearinghouse. This surety bond requirement is not...