It’s official. Round 2021 is on, and the CBIC recently posted the following details regarding the competition timeline:
CMS has not, however, finalized dates for several major events within the bid competition:
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Historically speaking, CMS typically takes a year after the bid window closes to announce Single Payment Amounts (SPAs) and begin the contracting process. If we had to guess based on the timelines for previous rounds of competition … and we do … we think the upcoming schedule will look something like this:
*Indicates estimated timeline. CMS has yet to officially announce concrete dates. So seriously, guys, this is structured guessing. Use it accordingly.
Optimistically, CMS will announce a complete timeline in mid-May. In the meantime, we hope our forecasted schedule helps you get a head start on preparing to participate (or not) in the next round.
For more information, join Andrea and Liz Beaulieu of HME News tomorrow, April 10, 2019, at 1:00 PM (ET) for the informational webinar Competitive Bid 2021 – It’s Go Time.
SOURCE LINKS
https://dmecompetitivebid.com/cbic/cbic2021.nsf/DocsCat/MIXQD9OZCY
- March 7, 2019 – CMS begins pre-bidding supplier awareness.
- May 2019 – CMS will announce dates for registration and bidding and will launch its bidder education program.
- June 2019 – Bidder registration begins (to secure user IDs and passwords for the DMEPOS Bid System) and CMS opens the bid window.
- January 1, 2021 – Implementation of Round 2021.
CMS has not, however, finalized dates for several major events within the bid competition:
- Opening date for bid registration (user IDs and passwords).
- Opening date for the bid window.
- Covered Document Review Deadline (CDRD) for missing financial documents.
- Closing date for bid registration.
- Closing date for the bid window.
[Attending Medtrade Spring? We would love to meet you in person! Check out our schedule at miravistallc.com/medtrade.]
Historically speaking, CMS typically takes a year after the bid window closes to announce Single Payment Amounts (SPAs) and begin the contracting process. If we had to guess based on the timelines for previous rounds of competition … and we do … we think the upcoming schedule will look something like this:
- March 7, 2019 - Pre-bidder awareness.
- *June 1, 2019 - Registration begins.
- *June 30, 2019 - Bid window opens.
- *August 1, 2019 - CDRD.
- *August 1, 2019 - Registration closes.
- *August 31, 2019 - Bid window closes.
- *September 15, 2020 - Contracting begins.
- *November 1, 2020 - Suppliers announced.
- January 1, 2021 - Start of competition.
- December 31, 2023 - End of competition.
*Indicates estimated timeline. CMS has yet to officially announce concrete dates. So seriously, guys, this is structured guessing. Use it accordingly.
Optimistically, CMS will announce a complete timeline in mid-May. In the meantime, we hope our forecasted schedule helps you get a head start on preparing to participate (or not) in the next round.
For more information, join Andrea and Liz Beaulieu of HME News tomorrow, April 10, 2019, at 1:00 PM (ET) for the informational webinar Competitive Bid 2021 – It’s Go Time.
SOURCE LINKS
https://dmecompetitivebid.com/cbic/cbic2021.nsf/DocsCat/MIXQD9OZCY
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