Here’s a webinar hosted by our friends at the SMP Resource Center that you might want to attend:

 

Date and Time: Wednesday, January 9, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time

 

All Medicare Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, & Supplies (DMEPOS) Competitive Bidding Program (CBP) contracts expire on December 31, 2018. Starting January 1, 2019, there will be a temporary gap in the DMEPOS CBP that CMS expects will last until December 31, 2020. In this webinar, CMS will explain the DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Temporary Gap Period and what it means for people with Medicare. CMS will discuss this change and how it will affect beneficiaries, as well as answer questions from attendees.

 

Speakers: 

•            Heidi M. Edmunds, Center for Medicare/Chronic Care Policy Group/Division of DMEPOS Competitive Bidding, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

•            Tangita Daramola, DMEPOS CB Competitive Acquisition Ombudsman, CMS/Office of Hearings & Inquiries, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

 

Registration:

Registration is required! In the “Last Name” field, also enter your two-letter state abbreviation if you are an SMP, SHIP, or MIPPA (Smith – ST) or ACL if you are with ACL (Jones – ACL). This abbreviation will appear behind your name on the web event. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the session.

 

Tip: If you need closed captioning for this event, please contact the Center for instructions in advance (at least one business day prior to the event): xxxxxx@smpresource.org.

 

Brandy Bauer

Associate Director, Center for Benefits Access

Office: 571-527-3911

xxxxxx@ncoa.org

 

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