Tag: Bid Calculators

WASHINGTON - In the week since the bid window opened on July 16, the industry's competitive bidding website, www.dmecbpeducation.com, has had an additional 700 visitors and more than 1,000 calculator downloads. Since its launch in April, the website has had a total of 15,800 unique visitors and 7,924 calculator downloads. The most calculator downloads have been for CPAP and RAD (1,246), followed by commode chairs (728) and oxygen (641). The website and calculators were launched by a group of stakeholders...

WASHINGTON - The HME industry's competitive bidding website, www.dmecbpeducation.com, has had 10,762 unique visitors year to date.In the first 10 days of June alone, with the opening of the bid window looming on July 16, there were 1,629 unique visitors.“I think we always want more, but we feel pretty positive about these numbers,” said Kim Brummett, vice preisdent of regulatory affairs for AAHomecare.A group of stakeholders comprised of AAHomecare, the Council for Respiratory Care, VGM...

WASHINGTON - The industry stakeholders behind www.dmecbpeducation.com have added three reverse calculators to the website to help HME providers formulate their bids for Round 2021. They've added “non-lead item calculators” for CPAP and RAD, enteral nutrition and standard power mobility devices to allow providers to enter their bid rates for non-lead items to get bid rates for lead items. “If your rate for the non-lead item results in a bid rate that is above the bid ceiling,...

WASHINGTON - A group of HME industry stakeholders has officially launched dmecbpeducation.com, a website for providers to learn about the changes in Round 2021 of competitive bidding and to prepare their bids.“Informed bidding will help sustain DME businesses, ensuring that patients' access to life-changing medical equipment remains steady, stable and secure,” said Tom Ryan, president and CEO of AAHomecare.Stakeholders had already loaded the website with bid calculators that allow providers...