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O&P Alliance Competitive Bidding History


The Academy's advocacy efforts, which include working with the O&P Alliance, continue to ensure that O&P services and devices are not inappropriately competitively bid. Read the progress of the Academy's participation in these efforts by the Alliance and the latest from CMS on the next steps for expansion of the Medicare DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program. O&P is not included.

August 19, 2011: CMS Medicare DME Fact Sheet (PDF)
August 15, 2011: Report to Congress - Evaluation of DMEPOS (PDF)
           July, 2011: O&P Alliance Competitive Bidding Paper (PDF)

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