medical equipment supplies

• Medicare Program; End-Stage Renal Disease Prospective Payment System and Quality Incentive Program; Ambulance Fee Schedule; Durable Medical Equipment; and Competitive Acquisition of Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies

This final rule updates and makes certain revisions to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) prospective payment system (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2012. We are also finalizing the interim final rule with comment period published on April 6, 2011, regarding the transition budget-neutrality adjustment under the ESRD PPS,. This final rule also sets forth requirements for the ESRD quality incentive program (QIP) for payment years (PYs) 2013 and 2014. In addition, this final rule revises the ambulance fee schedule regulations to conform to statutory changes. This final rule also revises the definition of durable medical equipment (DME) by adding a 3-year minimum lifetime requirement (MLR) that must be met by an item or device in order to be considered durable for the purpose of classifying th...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 70228, November 10, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Health and Human Services Department

• Medicare Program; Revisions to the Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Supplier Safeguards

This final rule removes the definition of ``direct solicitation'' and allows DMEPOS suppliers, including DMEPOS competitive bidding program contract suppliers, to contract with licensed agents to provide DMEPOS supplies, unless prohibited by State law. It also removes the requirement for compliance with local zoning laws and modifies certain State licensure requirement exceptions.

• Federal Register Nbr. 77 FR 14989, March 14, 2012
• Rules and Regulations
• Health and Human Services Department

• Research and Markets: The Guide to Distributors of Medical Equipment & Supplies Worldwide 2011.

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/fb7d5f/the_guide_to_distr) has announced the addition of the "The Guide to ...

• Business Wire
• March 15, 2011

• 42 CFR 418.106 - Condition of participation: Drugs and biologicals, medical supplies, and durable medical equipment.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• 42 CFR 405.511 - Reasonable charges for medical services, supplies, and equipment.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• Medicare: Durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies and other issues; competitive acquisition,

• FR, April 10, 2007
• Rules
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

• 42 CFR 414.408 - Payment rules.

...PART 414: PAYMENT FOR PART B MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES. Subpart F: Competitive Bidding for Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS). 4...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• 42 CFR 421.210 - Designations of regional carriers to process claims for durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics and supplies.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 42: Public Health

• Medicare Program; Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule, Five-Year Review of Work Relative Value Units, Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Signature on Requisition, and Other Revisions to Part B for CY 2012

This final rule with comment period addresses changes to the physician fee schedule and other Medicare Part B payment policies to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. It also addresses, implements or discusses certain statutory provisions including provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (collectively known as the Affordable Care Act) and the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) of 2008. In addition, this final rule with comment period discusses payments for Part B drugs; Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule: Signature on Requisition; Physician Quality Reporting System; the Electronic Prescribin...

... laboratory, and durable medical equipment prosthetics orthotics and supplies (DMEPOS) fee sc...

• Federal Register Nbr. 76 FR 73026, November 28, 2011
• Rules and Regulations
• Health and Human Services Department

• Medicare Program: Changes to the Competitive Acquisition of Certain Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS), etc.

• FR, January 16, 2009
• Rules
• Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services