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| March 09, 2009 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Special Open Door Forum: Surety Bond Requirement for Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics and Supplies (DMEPOS) Suppliers (CMS Message 2009-03-06) Tuesday, March 17, 2009 2:00PM - 3:30PM ETThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a Special Open Door Forum (ODF) to discuss the implementation of surety bonds for certain DMEPOS suppliers. On December 29, 2008, CMS announced that it was requiring certain DMEPOS suppliers to post a surety bond in an amount not less than $50,000. Existing suppliers subject to the bonding requirement must comply with this requirement by October 2, 2009, while newly enrolling suppliers subject to the bonding requirement must meet this requirement by May 4, 2009.During this ODF, CMS staff will discuss the:Key provisions of the January 2, 2009 Final Rule,Exemptions to surety bond requirement,Implementation dates,Definition of a final adverse action, andElevated surety bond amounts.Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for the public to ask questions.We look forward to your participation.Special Open Door Forum Participation Instructions: Dial: 1-800-837-1935 Reference Conference 88857015Note: TTY Communications Relay Services are available for the Hearing Impaired.For TTY services dial 7-1-1 or 1-800-855-2880 and for Internet Relay services click here http://www.consumer.att.com/relay/which/index.htmlA Relay Communications Assistant will A Relay Communications Assistant will help.An audio recording and transcript of this Special Open Door Forum will be posted to the Special Open Door Forum website: http://www.cms.hhs.gov/OpenDoorForums/05_ODF_SpecialODF.asp and will be accessible for downloading beginning March 25, 2009.For automatic emails of Open Door Forum schedule updates (E-Mailing list subscriptions) and to view Frequently Asked Questions please visit our website at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/opendoorforums/Thank you for your interest in CMS Open Door Forums. |
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