Now Available: New education materials for Round 2 and National Mail-Order Bidders
New educational materials for the Round 2 and national mail-order competitions of the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program are now available on the Competitive Bidding Implementation Contractor (CBIC) website at www.DMECompetitiveBid.com<http://www.dmecompetitivebid.com/>. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services urges all bidders to take advantage of these new materials as well as the many other helpful tools and resources on the CBIC website. First, the DBidS Reference Guide<http://www.dmecompetitivebid.com/dbidstechguide> has been issued. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for using the DMEPOS Bidding System (DBidS), the online bidding system. Second, the final in a series of webcasts is now available. This webcast, titled How to Submit a Bid, explains how to submit a bid using the online bidding system, DBidS. All webcasts are available on demand to view at your convenience - 24 hours a day, seven days a week. There is no charge to view the webcasts, and a transcript for each webcast is also posted on the website. To view the webcasts, please go to the CBIC website<http://www.dmecompetitivebid.com/>, select Bidding Suppliers: Round 2 & National Mail-Order, and choose Education Events. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the CBIC customer service center toll-free at 877-577-5331 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. prevailing Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, throughout the registration and bidding periods. ________________________________ Flu Season is Here! While seasonal flu outbreaks can happen as early as October, flu activity usually peaks in January. Remind your patients that annual vaccination is recommended for optimal protection. Medicare pays for the seasonal flu vaccine and its administration for seniors and others with Medicare with no co-pay or deductible. Healthcare workers, who may spread the flu to high risk patients, should get vaccinated too. Don't forget to immunize yourself and your staff. Protect your patients. Protect your family. Protect yourself. Get the Flu Vaccine-Not the Flu. Remember - The flu vaccine plus its administration are covered Part B benefits. CMS has posted the 2011-2012 seasonal flu vaccine payment limits at http://www.CMS.gov/McrPartBDrugAvgSalesPrice/10_VaccinesPricing.asp. Note that the flu vaccine is NOT a Part D-covered drug. For more information on coverage and billing of the flu vaccine and its administration, as well as related educational provider resources, visit http://www.CMS.gov/MLNProducts/35_PreventiveServices.asp and http://www.cms.gov/immunizations. ________________________________ Note: If you have problems accessing any hyperlink in this message, please copy and paste the URL into your Internet browser. If you know someone who would like to subscribe to a Medicare Fee-For-Service (FFS) provider listserv, go to (http://www.cms.gov/prospmedicarefeesvcpmtgen/downloads/Provider_Listservs.pdf). If you would like to unsubscribe from a specific provider listserv, please go to (https://list.nih.gov/cgi-bin/wa.exe?INDEX) to unsubscribe or to leave the appropriate listserv. Please DO NOT respond to this email. This email is a service of CMS and routed through an electronic mail server to communicate Medicare policy and operational changes and/or updates. Responses to this email are not routed to CMS personnel. Inquiries may be sent by going to (http://www.cms.gov/ContactCMS). Thank you.
