Durable Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Demonstration: Summary; Bidding System Design

摘要

The durable medical equipment (DME) competitive bidding demonstration will be conducted over three years in six sites. Implementation in the first site is scheduled to begin in mid-1987, with the remaining sites to be phased in over the following six months. The features of the bidding system to be used in the demonstration fall into two general categories--bidding rules and procedures, and reimbursement rules and procedures.