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| 2021-27763 | Medicare Program; Durable Medical Equipment, Prosthetics, Orthotics, and Supplies (DMEPOS) Policy Issues, and Level II of the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS); DME Interim Pricing in the CARES Act; Durable Medical Equipment Fee Schedule Adjustments To Resume the Transitional 50/50 Blended Rates To Provide Relief in Rural Areas and Non-Contiguous Areas | Rule | This final rule establishes methodologies for adjusting the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) fee schedule amounts using information from the Medicare DMEPOS competitive bidding program (CBP) for items furnished on or after the effective date specified in the DATES section of this final rule, or the date immediately following the duration of the emergency period described in the Social Security Act (the Act), whichever is later. This final rule also establishes procedures for making benefit category and payment determinations for new items and services that are durable medical equipment (DME), prosthetic devices, orthotics and prosthetics, therapeutic shoes and inserts, surgical dressings, or splints, casts, and other devices used for reductions of fractures and dislocations under Medicare Part B. In addition, this rule classifies continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) as DME under Medicare Part B. Lastly, this final rule finalizes certain DME fee schedule-related provisions that were included in two interim final rules with comment period (IFC) that CMS issued on May 11, 2018, and May 8, 2020. | 2021-12-28 | 2021 | 12 | https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/12/28/2021-27763/medicare-program-durable-medical-equipment-prosthetics-orthotics-and-supplies-dmepos-policy-issues | https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2021-12-28/pdf/2021-27763.pdf | Health and Human Services Department; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | 221,45 | This final rule establishes methodologies for adjusting the Medicare durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS) fee schedule amounts using information from the Medicare DMEPOS competitive bidding program (CBP) for items... |