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Special Open Door Forum:

Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program Bidders’ Conference

How a Bid is Evaluated

REMINDER: The fifth in a series of Special Open Door Forums (ODF), which serve as bidders' conferences to provide information on the Medicare DMEPOS (Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies) Competitive Bidding Program will be held on September 29, 2009, from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT. At this Special ODF, we will walk through the bid evaluation process. This will include discussions about the components of bid evaluation and calculations of the single payment amounts.

The PowerPoint presentation for this Special ODF is now available in the Education Events section of this website. We encourage those who will be participating to print out the PowerPoint presentation before the Special ODF. For more information on this presentation and other educational activities, please review the Education Events section of this website.

Special ODF Participation Instructions:

Dial: 1-800-837-1935 and reference Conference ID: 23045547

Note: TTY communications relay services are available for the hearing impaired. For TTY services, dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880. A relay communications assistant will help.

An audio recording of this Special ODF will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website and will be accessible for downloading beginning Wednesday, October 7, 2009.

For Open Door Forum schedule updates, e-mailing list subscriptions, and to view frequently asked questions, please visit the CMS website.

Thank you for your interest in CMS Open Door Forums.